Steroidal glycosides from the underground parts of Agapanthus inapertus and their cytotoxic activity

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Yokosuka, Akihito ^a   Mimaki, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agapanthus inapertus; Cytotoxic activity; HL 60 cells; Liliaceae; Spirostanol glycoside

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149094568     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700200107     Document Type: Article

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