Cytotoxic activity of a podophyllotoxin-like lignan from Linum tauricum Willd

Neoplasma

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 425-429

  Vasilev, N ^a   Momekov, G ^a   Zaharieva, M ^a   Konstantinov, S ^a   Bremner, P ^b   Heinrich, M ^b   Ionkova, I ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

4' demethyl 6 methoxypodophyllotoxin; Apoptosis; Cytotoxicity; Lignans; Linum tauricum Willd. Ssp. Tauricum; NF k B inhibition

Indexed keywords

4' NOR 6 METHOXYPODOPHYLLOTOXIN; 4' NORPODOPHYLLOTOXIN; DNA FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINUM TAURICUM; PLANT; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 26044455193     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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