Lignans from the fruits of Cornus kousa Burg. and their cytotoxic effects on human cancer cell lines

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 402-407

  Lee, Dae Young ^a   Song, Myoung Chong ^a   Yoo, Ki Hyun ^a   Bang, Myun Ho ^b   Chung, In Sik ^a   Kim, Sung Hoon ^a   Kim, Dae Keun ^c   Kwon, Byoung Mog ^d   Jeong, Tae Sook ^d   Park, Mi Hyun ^e   Baek, Nam In ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b GangHwa Agricultural R and D Center   (South Korea)

^c Woosuk University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^e Erom Life Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cornus kousa; Cytotoxicity; Human colon carcinoma (HCT 116); Human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2); Lignan; MTT assay

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248173889     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02980211     Document Type: Article

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