In vitro apoptotic bioactivity of flavonoids from Astragalus verrucosus Moris

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2007-2012

  Buhagiar, Joseph A ^a   Bertoli, Alessandra ^b   Camilleri Podesta, Marie Therese ^a   Pistelli, Luisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aglycones; Apoptosis; Cancer cell lines; Flavonoids; Glycosides; HCT116; MCF7

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN 7 O BETA DEXTRO (6 4 COUMAROYL)GLUCOSIDE; APIGENIN DERIVATIVE; ASTRAGALUS VERRUCOSUS EXTRACT; DAIDZEIN; FLAVONOID; GENISTEIN; GENISTIN; GLYCOSIDE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; ASTRAGALUS VERRUCOSUS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRAIN HCT116; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; TALUS;

ASTRAGALUS VERRUCOSUS;

EID: 77954126113     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800301214     Document Type: Article

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