Isolation and characterization of an anticancer catechol compound from Semecarpus anacardium

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 450-456

  Nair, P K Raveedran ^a   Melnick, Steven J ^b   Wnuk, Stanislaw F ^c   Rapp, Magdalena ^c   Escalon, Enrique ^d   Ramachandran, Cheppail ^b  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Dharma Biomedical LLC   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticancer drug; Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Checkpoint kinase; Doxorubicin; Semecarpus anacardium; Synergy

Indexed keywords

3 (8', 11' PENTADECADIENYL)CATECHOL; CATECHOL; CHECKPOINT KINASE 1; DOXORUBICIN; SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LEUKEMIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUT KERNEL;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CATECHOLS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEIN KINASES; SEEDS; SEMECARPUS;

SEMECARPUS ANACARDIUM;

EID: 63649139972     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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