A spirostanol glycoside from wild yam (Diosccorea villosa) extract and its cytostatic activity on three cancer cells

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 310-315

  Hu, Chao Chin ^a   Lin, Jau Tien ^a   Liu, Shih Chuan ^a   Yang, Deng Jye ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytostatic activity; Dioscorea villosa; Diosgenin; HEK293 cells; Hep G2 cells; Isolation; MCF7 cells; SpirostanolGlycosid; Yam

Indexed keywords

25 SPIROST 5 EN 3BETA OL 3 O ALPHA LEVO RHAMNOPYRANOSYL (1-2) O [BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL (1-4)] BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA EXTRACT; DIOSGENIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SPIROSTANOL GLYCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSTASIS; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA; DIOSCOREACEAE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; YAM;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA VILLOSA; VILLOSA;

EID: 36448983224     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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