Antitumor activity of some prenylated xanthones

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 33-43

  Castanheiro, Raquel A P ^a   Silva, Artur M S ^b   Campos, Naïr A N ^a   Nascimento, Maria S J ^a   Pinto, Madalena M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Dehydrogenation; NMR spectroscopy; Prenylation; Xanthones

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXY 2 (2 METHYLBUT 3 EN 2 YL) 9H XANTHEN 9 ONE; 1 HYDROXY 2 (3 METHYLBUT 2 ENYL) 9H XANTHEN 9 ONE; 1 HYDROXYXANTHONE; 5 HYDROXY 2,2 DIMETHYLPYRANO[3,2 B]XANTHEN 6(2H) ONE; 6 HYDROXY 3,3 DIMETHYLPYRANO[2,3 C]XANTHEN 7(3H) ONE; 6 HYDROXY 3,3,5 TRIMETHYLPYRANO[2,3 C]XANTHEN 7(3H) ONE; BROMIDE; DIOXANE; ISOPRENE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDROGENATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED RADIATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRENYLATION; TUMOR GROWTH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 74549217779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph2020033     Document Type: Article

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