In vitro cytotoxicity activity of diosquinone, a naphthoquinone epoxide

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 282-284

  Adeniyi, B A ^a,b   Robert, M F ^c   Chai, H ^b   Fong, H H S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; D. tricolor; Diospyros mespiliformis; Diosquinone; Naphthoquinone epoxide

Indexed keywords

DIOSQUINONE; NAPHTHOQUINONE EPOXIDE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIOSPYROS MESPILIFORMIS; DIOSPYROS TRICOLOR; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROSTATE CANCER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIOSPYROS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NAPHTHOQUINONES; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

DIOSPYROS; EBENACEAE;

EID: 0037355915     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1116     Document Type: Article

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