Anti-leishmanial and anti-cancer activities of a pentacyclic triterpenoid isolated from the leaves of Terminalia arjuna Combretaceae

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-140

  Biswas, Moulisha ^a   Ghosh, Ashok Kumar ^b   Haldar, Pallab Kanti ^c  

^a Bengal Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (India)

^b Bengal School of Technology   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti cancer; Antileishmanial; Pentacyclic triterpenoid; Spectroscopy; Terminalia arjuna Roxb; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXYURS 12 EN 28 OIC ACID; BETA GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSIDE; METHANOL; TERMINALIA ARJUNA EXTRACT; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN K 562; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT LEAF; PROMASTIGOTE; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 77952316647     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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