Anticancer activity of steroid alkaloids isolated from Solanum aculeastrum

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 613-618

  Koduru, Srinivas ^a   Grierson, D S ^a   Van De Venter, M ^b   Afolayan, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Apoptosis; Solanum aculeastrum; Solasodine; Tomatidine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANNEXIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GLYCOSIDE; SOLASODINE; TOMATIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRAIN HT29; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLANUM ACULEASTRUM; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

SOLANUM ACULEASTRUM;

EID: 34848873724     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200701538690     Document Type: Article

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