Anticancer activity of botanical compounds in ancient fermented beverages (review)

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-14

  McGovern, Patrick E ^a   Christofidou Solomidou, M ^a,b   Wang, W ^a   Dukes, F ^a   Davidson, T ^a   El Deiry, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient medicine; Artemisinin; Artesunate; Biomolecular archaeology; HCT116 colon adenocarcinoma; Herbal wine; Isoscopoletin; Lewis lung carcinoma; p53; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

AI YE; ALPHA CEDRENE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AROMATIC COMPOUND; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CAMPHOR; CARVONE; GERANYL ACETATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISOSCOPOLETIN; LINALOOL; LUTEOLIN; MENTHOL; QINGHAO; SCOPOLETIN; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TERPINEOL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BEVERAGE; CASE STUDY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINA; CHINESE FIR; CHINESE MEDICINE; CINNAMON; COLON CANCER; CORIANDER; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; EGYPT; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANDER; GINGER; HEMORRHOID; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG CANCER; MALARIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVIA; SAVORY; SENNA; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; TANACETUM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYMUS; UVEA MELANOMA; VIRUS INFECTION; WINE; ANALYSIS; ARCHEOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ARCHAEOLOGY; BEVERAGES; CHINA; DRUG DISCOVERY; EGYPT; FERMENTATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 77953177160     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo_00000647     Document Type: Review

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