Cytotoxic triterpene acids from the peruvian medicinal plant Polylepis racemosa

Planta Medica

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 483-484

  Neto, Catherine C ^a   Vaisberg, Abraham J ^b   Zhou, Bing Nan ^c   Kingston, David G I ^c   Hammond, Gerald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; POMOLIC ACID; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FRACTIONATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; OLEANOLIC ACID; PERU; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TRITERPENES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 3242773879     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8583     Document Type: Article

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