Chemical constituents of cape aloe and their synergistic growth-inhibiting effect on ehrlich ascites tumor cells

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1220-1229

  Kametani, Saeda ^a,c   Kojima Yuasa, Akiko ^a   Kikuzaki, Hiroe ^a   Kennedy, David Opare ^b   Honzawa, Mayumi ^c   Matsui Yuasa, Isao ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c HYOGO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cape aloe (Aloe ferox Miller); Ehrlich ascites tumor cells; Growth inhibiting effect; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; METHANE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CAPE ALOE; EHRLICH ASCITES; GROWTH-INHIBITING EFFECTS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS;

TUMORS;

ALOE; ALOE FEROX;

4 HYDROXYACETOPHENONE; 4 HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE; 4-HYDROXYACETOPHENONE; 4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE; ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CATECHOL; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; CHROMONE DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROMETHANE; EMODIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; POWDER; TIME;

ACETOPHENONES; ALOE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BENZALDEHYDES; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CATECHOLS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMONES; DRUG SYNERGISM; EMODIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POWDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34347406197     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60659     Document Type: Article

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