Antiproliferative activity of steroidal saponins from Balanites aegyptiaca - An in vitro study

Phytochemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-47

  Beit Yannai, Elie ^a   Ben Shabat, Shimon ^a   Goldschmidt, Noa ^a   Chapagain, Bishnu P ^a   Liu, Rui Hai ^b   Wiesman, Zeev ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiproliferation; Apoptotic; Balanites aegyptiaca; Cancer; ROS; Steroidal saponins

Indexed keywords

3BETA O BETA DEXTRO XYLOPYRANOSYL(1-3) BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL(1-4)[ALPHA RHAMNOPYRANOSYL(1-2)]BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA EXTRACT; CISPLATIN; DIOSCIN; DIOSGENIN; KE 1046; KE 1064; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SAP 1016; SAP 884; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BALANITES AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 79952042340     PISSN: 18743900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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