Apoptosis inducing activity of steroidal constituents from Solanum xanthocarpum and Asparagus racemosus

Phytomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 789-793

  Bhutani, K K ^a   Paul, A T ^a   Fayad, W ^b   Linder, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anticancer activity; Apoptosis; Asparagus racemosus; Glycoalkaloids; Sarsapogenin and Diosgenin derived steroidal constituents; Solanum xanthocarpum

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; CISPLATIN; DIOSGENIN; DIOSGENONE; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLASODINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; CARCINOMA CELL; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLANUM; SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM;

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM;

EID: 79151484551     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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