Apoptosis-inducing properties of ent-kaurene-type diterpenoids from the liverwort Jungermannia truncata

Planta Medica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-379

  Nagashima, Fumihiro ^a   Kondoh, Masuo ^a,b   Kawase, Masaki ^a   Simizu, Siro ^c   Osada, Hiroyuki ^c   Fujii, Makiko ^b   Watanabe, Yoshiteru ^b   Sato, Masao ^a   Asakawa, Yoshinori ^a  

^a TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11ALPHA HYDROXY 16 KAUREN 15 ONE; DITERPENOID; KAURENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DRUG ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVERWORT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; DITERPENES; DITERPENES, KAURANE; HEPATOPHYTA; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

JUNGERMANNIA;

EID: 0038629444     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-38888     Document Type: Article

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