In Vitro Anti-Tumour Activities of Quinolizidine Alkaloids Derived from Sophora Flavescens Ait

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 304-309

  Lin, Ze ^a   Huang, Chang Fa ^a   Liu, Xiao Shan ^a   Jiang, Jikai ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALOPERINE; CYTISINE; DNA FRAGMENT; MATRINE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OXYMATRINE; QUINOLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE; SOPHOCARPINE; SOPHORIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL VACUOLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG POTENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; SOPHORA; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS;

ALKALOIDS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; AZOCINES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; K562 CELLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PIPERIDINES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT ROOTS; QUINOLIZIDINES; QUINOLIZINES; SOPHORA;

SOPHORA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 79954456146     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2010.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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