Cytotoxic compounds from Poecilocerus pictus feeding on Calotropis gigantea

Journal of Experimental Therapeutics and Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-185

  Mathen, Caroline ^a   Hardikar, Bhagyashree ^a  

^a Mumbai University   (India)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Calotropis gigantea; Cardenolides; Cardiac glycosides; Cytotoxicity; Natural products; Poecilocerus pictus

Indexed keywords

CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA EXTRACT; CARDENOLIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT; POECILOCERUS PICTUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSECT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; POECILOCERUS PICTUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CALOTROPIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GRASSHOPPERS; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLOIDIES;

EID: 77954381151     PISSN: 13594117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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