Extraction and composition of three naturally occurring anti-cancer alkaloids in Camptotheca acuminata seed and leaf extracts

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-56

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Yu, Ying ^b   Liu, Dong ^a   Liu, Zhijun ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Camptothecin; Chemical composition; Extraction; Medicinal use; Solvent

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ALKALOID; CAMPTOTHECIN; CAMPTOTHECIN DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN; INDOLE ALKALOID; METHOXYCAMPTOTHECIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAMPTOTHECA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALKALOIDS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CAMPTOTHECA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SEEDS;

CAMPTOTHECA ACUMINATA;

EID: 33845610189     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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