(+)-Tiliarine, a selective in vitro inhibitor of human melanoma cells

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 596-599

  Seal, Tapan ^a   Mukherjee, Biswapati ^b  

^a BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^b S N Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences   (India)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Melanoma; Menispermaceae; Tiliacora racemosa Colebr; Tiliarine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; NORTILIACORININE A; TILIACORINE; TILIACORININE; TILIAMOSINE; TILIARINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SELECTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOMA CELL; NONHUMAN;

MENISPERMACEAE; TILIACORA RACEMOSA;

EID: 0036743485     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.993     Document Type: Article

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