Eudesmane sesquiterpene glucosides from lychee seed and their cytotoxic activity

Food Chemistry

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1123-1126

  Xu, Xinya ^a,b   Xie, Haihui ^a   Hao, Jing ^a,b   Jiang, Yueming ^a   Wei, Xiaoyi ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic activity; Litchi chinensis; Lychee; Seed; Sesquiterpene

Indexed keywords

ADMYCIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; EUDESMANE DERIVATIVE; FUNINGENSIN A; GLUCOSIDE; LITCHIOSIDE A; LITCHIOSIDE B; PUMILASIDE A; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LYCHEE; PLANT SEED; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY;

LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 77954951737     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.05.073     Document Type: Article

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