A petrol ether extract of the roots of Onosma paniculatum induces cell death in a caspase dependent manner

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-188

  Rinner, Beate ^a   Kretschmer, Nadine ^b   Knausz, Heike ^a   Mayer, Andrea ^a   Boechzelt, Herbert ^c   Hao, Xiao Jiang ^d   Heubl, Guenther ^e   Efferth, Thomas ^f   Schaider, Helmut ^a   Bauer, Rudolf ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^d KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caspase 3; Cell cycle; Onosma paniculatum; Zicao

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ONOSMA PANICULATUM EXTRACT; PETROLEUM ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ETHER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONOSMA PANICULATUM; PLANT ROOT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; BORAGINACEAE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BORAGINACEAE; CASPASE 3; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ETHER, ETHYL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOTS; ETHER;

ONOSMA PANICULATUM;

EID: 77952889932     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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