Furostanol saponins and ecdysones with cytotoxic activity from Helleborus bocconei ssp. intermedius

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1243-1249

  Rosselli, Sergio ^a   Maggio, Antonella ^a   Bruno, Maurizio ^a   Spadaro, Vivienne ^a   Formisano, Carmen ^b   Irace, Carlo ^b   Maffettone, Carmen ^b   Mascolo, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

C6 glioma cells; Cytotoxic activity; Furostanol saponins; H. bocconei subsp. intermedius; Ranunculaceae

Indexed keywords

ECDYSONE; ECDYSTERONE; HELLEBOROSIDE A; HELLEBOROSIDE B; HELLEBORUS BOCCONEI INTERMEDIUS EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GLIOMA CELL; HELLEBORUS BOCCONEI INTERMEDIUS; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VERATRUM;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE; ECDYSONE; HELLEBORUS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SAPONINS; STEROLS;

HELLEBORUS BOCCONEI; RANUNCULACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 69749127494     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2569     Document Type: Article

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