Cytotoxic steroidal saponins from Agave sisalana

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 929-933

  Chen, Pi Yu ^a   Chen, Chin Hui ^a   Kuo, Ching Chuan ^b   Lee, Tzong Huei ^a   Kuo, Yueh Hsiung ^c,d   Lee, Ching Kuo ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agavaceae; Agave sisalana; MCF 7 cells; NCI H460 cells; SF 268 cells; steroidal saponin

Indexed keywords

ACID; CANTALASAPONIN 1; HECOGENIN; HECOGENIN 3 BETA GLUCOPYRANOSYL (1 2) [BETA XYLOPYRANOSYL (1 3)] BETA GLUCOPYRANOSYL (1 4) BETA GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; NEOHECOGENIN; NEOTIGOGENIN; POLIANTHOSIDES E; ROCKOGENIN; SAPOGENIN; SAPONIN; TIGOGENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAVE; AGAVE SISALANA; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AGAVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SAPOGENINS; SAPONINS; STEROIDS;

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE SISALANA;

EID: 79958807490     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250672     Document Type: Article

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