Flavonoids and sesquiterpenes from Tecurium ramosissimum promote antiproliferation of human cancer cells and enhance antioxidant activity: A structure-activity relationship study

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 336-348

  Ben Sghaier, Mohamed ^a   Skandrani, Ines ^a   Nasr, Nouha ^a   Franca, Marie Genviève Dijoux ^c   Chekir Ghedira, Leila ^a,b   Ghedira, Kamel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Antiproliferative effect; Flavonoids; Sesquiterpene; Teucrium ramosissimum

Indexed keywords

4',7 DIMETHOXY APIGENIN; APIGENIN; BETA EUDESMOL; CIRSIMARITIN; FLAVONOID; GENKWANIN; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TECURIUM RAMOSISSIMUM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FLAVONES; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SESQUITERPENES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEUCRIUM; TUNISIA;

TEUCRIUM;

EID: 80054103699     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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