Constituents and antiproliferative activity of extracts from leaves of Croton macrobothrys

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 972-977

  Motta, Lucimar B ^a   Furlan, Cláudia M ^a   Santos, Deborah Y A C ^a   Salatino, Maria L F ^a   Duarte Almeida, Joaquim M ^b   Negri, Giuseppina ^b   de Carvalho, João E ^c   Ruiz, Ana Lúcia T G ^c   Cordeiro, Inês ^d   Salatino, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientais do Estado de São Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Antiproliferative activity; Diterpenes; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALPHA AMYRIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAMPESTEROL; CLERODANE DERIVATIVE; CORYDINE; CROTON MACROBOTHRY EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; DITERPENE; DOXORUBICIN; GERANYLGERANIOL; HEXANE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SALUTARIDIN; SITOSTEROL; SQUALENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HT29; CELL STRAIN K 562; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTON; CROTON MACROBOTHRYS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 80054874970     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000174     Document Type: Article

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