A meroterpenoid NF-κB inhibitor and drimane sesquiterpenoids from asafetida

Journal of Natural Products

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1101-1104

  Appendino, Giovanni ^a,b   Maxia, Lucia ^a,b   Bascope, Marcelo ^e   Houghton, Peter J ^c   Sanchez Duffhues, Gonzalo ^d   Muñoz, Eduardo ^d   Sterner, Olov ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Consorzio per lo Studio dei Metaboliti Secondari ^*  (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 ACETOXY 5 HYDROXYUMBELLIPRENIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASAFETIDA EXTRACT; FETIDONE A; FETIDONE B; HERBACEOUS AGENT; I KAPPA B; MEROTERPENOID; PLANT EXTRACT; RESIN; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRIMANE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SESQUITERPENE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASAFETIDA; CARCINOMA CELL; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SPICE; CHEMISTRY; COLON; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FENNEL; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

FERULA ASSA-FOETIDA;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; COLON; FERULA; INDIA; NF-KAPPA B; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 33747421726     PISSN: 01633864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/np0600954     Document Type: Article

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