Chemical modification and antitumour activity of Chinese lacquer polysaccharide from lac tree Rhus vernicifera

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-107

  Yang, Jianhong ^a   Du, Yumin ^a   Huang, Ronghua ^a   Sun, Liping ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Gao, Xiaohai ^b   Kennedy, John F ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hubei Cancer Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antitumour activity; Chemical modification; Lacquer polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TUMORS;

ANTITUMOR ACTIVITY; BRANCHING; INTRAPERITONEAL INJECTION; LACQUER POLYSACCHARIDES;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

HEDERA; RHUS; SCHLEICHERA OLEOSA; TOXICODENDRON VERNICIFLUUM;

EID: 10844247059     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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