Ursolic acid and its esters: Occurrence in cranberries and other Vaccinium fruit and effects on matrix metalloproteinase activity in DU145 prostate tumor cells

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 789-796

  Kondo, Miwako ^a,d   Mackinnon, Shawna L ^b   Craft, Cheryl C ^b   Matchett, Michael D ^c   Hurta, Robert A R ^c   Neto, Catherine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d Brunswick Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Cranberry; Matrix metalloproteinase; Prostate cancer; Ursolic acid; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTER; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; PLANT EXTRACT; TRITERPENE; URSOLIC ACID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CRANBERRY; DRUG EFFECT; FRUIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROSTATE TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE; VACCINIUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTERS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TRITERPENES; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON; VACCINIUM OXYCOCCUS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITACEAE;

EID: 79952354828     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4330     Document Type: Article

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