Isolation and cytotoxicity of triterpenes from the roots of Phyllanthus pulcher Wall. ex Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae)

African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Bagalkotkar, Gururaj ^a   Chuan, Tang Seng ^a   Khalivulla, Shaik Ibrahim ^a   Hamzah, Ahmad Sazali ^b   Shaari, Khozirah ^a   Lajis, Nordin Haji ^a   Saad, Mohammad Said ^a   Stanslas, Johnson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cytotoxic activity; Lung cancer; Phyllanthus pulcher; Prostate cancer; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

12 (13)DEHYDRO 3ALPHA ACETOXYOLEAN 28 OIC ACID; 3ALPHA ACETOXYL 25 HYDROXYOLEAN 12 EN 28 OIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DICHLOROMETHANE; DOXORUBICIN; GLOCHIDONE; GLOCHIDONOL; LUPANYL ACETATE; METHANOL; PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENE; PHYLLANTHUS PULCHER EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EUPHORBIA; HETERONUCLEAR MULTIPLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; HETERONUCLEAR NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS PULCHER; PLANT ROOT; PROSTATE CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79953666139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJMR10.331     Document Type: Article

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