Effects of triterpene derivatives from Maytenus rigida on VEGF-induced Kaposi's sarcoma cell proliferation

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-454

  Martucciello, Stefania ^a   Balestrieri, Maria Luisa ^b   Felice, Francesca ^b   Estevam, Charles dos Santos ^c   Sant'Ana, Antonio Euzébio Goulart ^c   Pizza, Cosimo ^a   Piacente, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Betulinic acid; Endothelial cells; Friedelane derivatives; Kaposi's sarcoma; Lupane derivatives; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BETULIC ACID; BETULIN; CASPASE 3; FRIEDELAN 3BETA OL; FRIEDELIN; LUP 20(29)ENE 3BETA,30 DIOL; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELASTRACEAE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAYTENUS RIGIDA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; MAYTENUS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TRITERPENES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

MAYTENUS;

EID: 74149090637     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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