Antitumor activities of the four sesquiterpene lactones from Elephantopus scaber L.

Experimental Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-109

  Xu, G ^a   Liang, Q ^b   Gong, Z ^a   Yu, W ^c   He, S ^d   Xi, L ^d  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c MEDICAL SCHOOL OF SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Elephantopus scaber L.; Sesquiterpene lactones

Indexed keywords

DEOXYELEPHANTOPIN; DNA FRAGMENT; ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER EXTRACT; ISOCABERTOPIN; ISODEOXYELEPHANTOPIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SCABERTOPIN; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ASTERACEAE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LACTONES; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 33746538344     PISSN: 18129269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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