Chemical composition and antiproliferative activity of essential oil from the leaves of a medicinal herb, schefflera Heptaphylla

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 140-142

  Li, Yao Lan ^a   Yeung, Chung Man ^b   Chiu, Lawrence C M ^b   Cen, Ying Zhou ^a   Ooi, Vincent E C ^b  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Essential oil; Monoterpene; Schefflera; Sesquiterpene

Indexed keywords

1 METHYL 4 (1 METHYLETHYL) 1,4 CYCLOHEXADIENE; 1 METHYL 4 (1 METHYLETHYLIDENE)CYCLOHEXENE; 1,2,3,4,4A,7,8,8A OCTAHYDRO 1,6 DIMETHYL 4 (1 METHYLETHYL) 1 NAPHTHALENOL; 1,2,3,5,6,8A HEXAHYDRO 4,7 DIMETHYL 1 (1 METHYLETHYL)NAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYL 1,6 HEPTADIENE; 3 CARENE; 3 HEXEN 1 OL; 3,7 DIMETHYL 1,3,7 OCTATRIENE; 4 ETHENYL 4 METHYL 3 (1 METHYLETHENYL) 1 (1 METHYLETHYL)CYCLOHEXENE; 4 METHYL 1 (1 METHYLETHYL) 3 CYCLOHEXENE; ALPHA 4 TRIMETHYL ALPHA 3 HEXENE 1 METHANOL; ALPHA CUBEBENE; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; BETA ELEMENE; BETA PINENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; DODECANAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA CARYOPHYLLENE; GERANIOL; GERMACRENE B; GERMACRENE D; HEXANOL; HUMULENE; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NEROLIDOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SCHEFFLERA HEPTAPHYLLA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARALIACEAE; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SESQUITERPENES;

SCHEFFLERA; SCHEFFLERA HEPTAPHYLLA;

EID: 58149523223     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2567     Document Type: Article

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