Effects of oxymatrine from Ku Shen on cancer cells

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 823-826

  Ho, John W ^a   Hon, Parry Lee Ngan ^a   Chim, Wai On ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer; Hepatoma cells; Inhibition; Matrine; Oxymatrine

Indexed keywords

ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA INTERFERON; BING GAN TANG; CELASTROL; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; CHINESE DRUG; COPTIS RHIZOME EXTRACT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLAVONOID; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; KU SHEN; MATRINE; OLEANOLIC ACID; OXYMATRINE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RESVERATROL; SOPHORA FLAVESCENTIS EXTRACT; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROTECTION; COPTIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TUMOR; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS; SOPHORA FLAVESCENTIS;

ALKALOIDS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; QUINOLIZINES;

EID: 73449105042     PISSN: 18715206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152009789124673     Document Type: Review

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