Compositions and in vitro anticancer activities of the leaf and fruit oils of Litsea cubeba from Taiwan

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 617-620

  Ho, Chen Lung ^a,b   Jie Ping, Ou ^c   Liu, Yao Chi ^d   Hung, Chien Ping ^e   Tsai, Ming Chih ^e   Liao, Pei Chun ^e   Wang, Eugene I Chen ^a   Chen, Yi Lin ^e   Su, Yu Chang ^b  

^a TAIWAN FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HUALIEN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1,8 cineol; Anticancer activities; Citral; Litsea cubeba

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL CYCLOHEXANONE; 4 MENTHA 2 EN 1 OL; 4 MENTHA 2,8 DIEN 1 OL; 6 METHYL 5 HEPTEN 2 OL; 6 METHYL 5 HEPTEN 2 ONE; 6 METHYL HEPTAN 2 OL; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA THUJENE; BERGAMAL; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; CINEOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; LIMONENE OXIDE; LINALOOL; LINALOOL OXIDE; LITSEA CUBEBA OIL; METHA 1(7),8 DIENE; MYRCENE; OCIMENE; PARA CYMENE; PERILLENE; PINENE; SABINENE; SABINENE HYDRATE; TERPINENE; TERPINOLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; DISTILLATION; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LITSEA; LITSEA CUBEBA; MOUTH CANCER; PLANT LEAF; TAIWAN; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

LITSEA CUBEBA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; LITSEA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; TAIWAN; TERPENES;

EID: 77952989998     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000500425     Document Type: Article

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