Anticarcinogenicity potential of spinasterol isolated from squash flowers

Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 99-105

  Villaseñor, Irene M ^a   Domingo, Annette P ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

24 ethyl 5 cholesta 7 trans 22 dien 3 ol; Antitumorigenicity; Cucurbita maxima Duchesne; Spinasterol; Squash flowers

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALPHA SPINASTEROL; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; CROTON OIL; DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TUMOR;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CARCINOGENS; CHLOROFORM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COCARCINOGENESIS; CROTON OIL; CUCURBITACEAE; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; METHANOL; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOLVENTS; STIGMASTEROL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CROTON; CUCURBITA MAXIMA;

EID: 0034109445     PISSN: 02703211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6866(2000)20:3<99::AID-TCM1>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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