Cytotoxic Alkaloids from Boehmeria siamensis

Planta Medica

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 842-845

  Luo, Yinggang ^a,b   Liu, Yan ^c   Luo, Dixiang ^c   Gao, Xiaoping ^c   Li, Bogang ^a   Zhang, Guolin ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^c Pharmaceutical Inst Di Ao P   (China)

Author keywords

Boehmeria siamensis; Boehmeriasin A; Boehmeriasin B; Cytotoxic activity; Urticaceae

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; BOEHMERIA SIAMENSIS EXTRACT; BOEHMERIASIN A; BOEHMERIASIN B; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PACLITAXEL; PHENANTHROQUINOLIZIDINE ALKALOID; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINOLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BOEHMERIA SIAMENSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL ASSAY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FRACTIONATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA CELL; LUNG CANCER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKALOIDS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BOEHMERIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PACLITAXEL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

BOEHMERIA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 0242332292     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43215     Document Type: Article

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