Cucurbitacins-type triterpene with potent activity on mouse embryonic fibroblast from Cucumis prophetarum, cucurbitaceae

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-193

  Ayyad, Seif Eldin N ^a   Abdel Lateff, Ahmed ^a,c   Basaif, Salim A ^a   Shier, Thomas ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Minia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cucumis prophetarum; cucurbitacin B; dihydrocucurbitacin B; mouse embryonic fibroblast and virally transformed form

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHLOROFORM; CUCUMIS PROPHETARUM EXTRACT; CUCURBITACIN B; DIHYDOCUCURBITACIN B; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; CUCUMIS PROPHETARUM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FIBROBLAST; FRACTIONATION; HETERONUCLEAR MULTIPLE BOND CORRELATION; HETERONUCLEAR MULTIPLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80053027035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.85006     Document Type: Article

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