Identification of cytotoxic constituents of Narthecium ossifragum using bioassay-guided fractionation

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 6018-6026

  Uhlig, Silvio ^a   Wisløff, Helene ^a   Petersen, Dirk ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alveld; Cytotoxicity; Furanones; Hepatotoxin; Liliaceae; Narthecium spp.; Nephrotoxin; Neutral red; Saponins

Indexed keywords

SAPONIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BOVIDS; CELL STRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; FRACTIONATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; PLANT STEM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; FLOWERS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LILIACEAE; LLC-PK1 CELLS; PLANT STEMS; RUMINANTS; SAPONINS; SWINE;

BOVIDAE; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NARTHECIUM; NARTHECIUM OSSIFRAGUM;

EID: 34547732037     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf070776k     Document Type: Article

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