Cytotoxic activity of chalcones isolated from lonchocarpus sericeus (Pocr.) Kunth

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-159

  De Andrade Cunha, Geanne M ^a   Fontenele, Juvenia Bezerra ^a   Nobre Júnior, Hélio V ^a   De Sousa, Francisco C M ^a   Silveira, Edilberto R ^a   Nogueira, Nádia A P ^a   De Moraes, Manoel Odorico ^a   Viana, Glauce S B ^a   Costa Lotufo, Letícia V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimitotic activity; Chalcones; Derricin; Lonchocarpin

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DERRICIN; LONCHOCARPIN; LONCHOCARPUS SERICEUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LONCHOCARPUS SERICEUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; SEA URCHIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MILLETTIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; SEA URCHINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ECHINOIDEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LONCHOCARPUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037330984     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1096     Document Type: Article

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