Antitumor activity of balsam fir oil: Production of reactive oxygen species induced by α-humulene as possible mechanism of action

Planta Medica

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 402-407

  Legault, Jean ^a,c   Dahl, Wivecke ^c   Debiton, Eric ^a,b   Pichette, André ^c   Madelmont, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UMR Inst Natl S de la Rech Med   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

humulene; Abies balsamea; Antitumor activity; Balsam fir; Essential oil; Glutathione; Pinaceae; Reactive oxygen species; Sesquiterpenoids

Indexed keywords

3 CARENE; 4 CYMENE; ABIES BALSAMEA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CARYOPHYLLENE; CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTIMATE; GLUTATHIONE; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; PINENE; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ABIES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SESQUITERPENES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; DRYOBALANOPS; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; PINACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0038434328     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39695     Document Type: Article

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