Synergistic interactions of saponins and monoterpenes in HeLa cells, Cos7 cells and in erythrocytes

Phytomedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1191-1196

  Herrmann, Florian ^a   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Haemolysis; In vitro biological activity; Monoterpene; Saponin; Synergy

Indexed keywords

DIGITONIN; ESCIN; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; MENTHOL; PINENE; QUILLAJA SAPONIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUILLAJA;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; DIGITONIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESCIN; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MENTHOL; MONOTERPENES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUILLAJA; SAPONINS; THYMOL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; QUILLAJA;

EID: 80053910812     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2011.08.070     Document Type: Article

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