Antiproliferative effect of flavonoids and sesquiterpenoids from Achillea millefolium s.l. on cultured human tumour cell lines

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 672-676

  Csupor Löffler, Boglárka ^a   Hajdú, Zsuzsanna ^a   Zupkó, István ^a   Réthy, Borbála ^a   Falkay, George ^a   Forgo, Peter ^a   Hohmann, Judit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium s.l.; Antiproliferative activity; Asteraceae; Flavonoids; Pseudoguaianolide sesquiterpenes

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; APIGENIN; ARTEMETIN; CASTICIN; CENTAUREIDIN; CISPLATIN; DESACETYLMATRICARIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLAVONOID; ISOPAULITIN; LUTEOLIN; PAULITIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PSILOSTACHYIN C; SINTENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; SESQUITERPENE;

ACHILLEA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GEL FILTRATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SPECTROSCOPY; TUMOR CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG SCREENING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ASTERACEAE;

ACHILLEA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 65649108020     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2697     Document Type: Article

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