Cytotoxic activity of polyacetylenes and polyenes isolated from roots of Echinacea pallida

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 879-885

  Chicca, A ^a   Pellati, F ^b   Adinolfi, B ^a   Matthias, A ^c   Massarelli, I ^a   Benvenuti, S ^b   Martinotti, E ^a   Bianucci, A M ^a   Bone, K ^c,d   Lehmann, R ^c   Nieri, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c MediHerb Research Laboratories   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylenes; Caco 2; Cancer; COLO320; Cytotoxicity; Echinacea; MIA PaCa 2; Permeability

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXY PENTADECA(9E)ENE 11,13 DIYN 2 ONE; 8 HYDROXY PENTADECA(9E,13Z)DIEN 11 YN 2 ONE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; ECHINACEA PALLIDA EXTRACT; FLUOROURACIL; PENTADECA(8Z,13Z)DIEN 11 YN 2 ONE; PENTADECA(9E)ENE 11,13 DIYNE 2,8 DIONE; PENTADECA(9E,13Z)DIEN 11 YN 2,8 DIONE; POLYACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CANCER CELL; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CELL VIABILITY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 40149084652     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707639     Document Type: Article

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