Cytotoxic activity of seco-entkaurenes from Croton caracasana on human cancer cell lines

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1547-1550

  Suárez, Alírica I ^a   Chavez, Katiuska ^b   Mateu, Elsa ^a   Compagnone, Reinaldo S ^b   Muñoz, Arturo ^b   Sojo, Felipe ^b   Arvelo, Francisco ^b   Mijares, Michael ^a   De Sanctis, Juan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Croton caracasana; Cytotoxic; Euphorbiaceae; seco entkaurenes

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARACASINE; CARACASINE ACID; DOXORUBICIN; KAURENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COLORING AGENT; DITERPENE; TETRAZOLIUM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLYL BLUE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN K 562; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELL STRAIN U937; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CROTON CARACASANA; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FLOWER; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MALE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; VENEZUELA; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CROTON; EUPHORBIACEAE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORING AGENTS; CROTON; DITERPENES; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FLOWERS; HUMANS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 75549087143     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900401117     Document Type: Article

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