Anticancer activities of six selected natural compounds of some Cameroonian medicinal plants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Kuete, Victor ^a,b   Wabo, Hippolyte K ^a   Eyong, Kenneth O ^c   Feussi, Michel T ^a   Wiench, Benjamin ^b   Krusche, Benjamin ^b   Tane, Pierre ^a   Folefoc, Gabriel N ^c   Efferth, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; 1,8 DIHYDROXY 3 GERANYLOXY 6 METHYLANTHRAQUINONE; 2 ACETYLFURO 1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BISVISMIAQUINONE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; DOXORUBICIN; PHYSCION; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISMIAQUINONE; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE; XANTHONE V1; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIGNONIACEAE; CAMEROON; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL VIABILITY; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GUTTIFERAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEWBOULDIA LAEVIS; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; VISMIA LAURENTII; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CITRUS MACROPHYLLA; NEWBOULDIA LAEVIS; PHASIANIDAE; VISMIA;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CAMEROON; CAPILLARIES; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOXORUBICIN; HUMANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUAIL;

EID: 80051858529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021762     Document Type: Article

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