Antiproliferative terpenoids from almond hulls (Prunus dulcis): Identification and structure-activity relationships

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 810-814

  Amico, Vincenzo ^a   Barresi, Vincenza ^a   Condorelli, Daniele ^a   Spatafora, Carmela ^a   Tringali, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Almond hulls; Antiproliferative; MCF 7 cells; Prunus dulcis sin. amygdalus; Structure activity relationship study; Terpenoids

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETULIC ACID; TERPENE; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT SEED; PRUNUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRUNUS; SEEDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TERPENES; TRITERPENES;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 33244472337     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf052812q     Document Type: Article

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