In vitro anti-breast cancer activity of ethanolic extract of Wrightia tomentosa: Role of pro-apoptotic effects of oleanolic acid and urosolic acid

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 72-79

  Chakravarti, Bandana ^a   Maurya, Ranjani ^a   Siddiqui, Jawed Akhtar ^a   Kumar Bid, Hemant ^a,b   Rajendran, S M ^a   Yadav, Prem P ^a   Konwar, Rituraj ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Breast cancer; Oleanolic acid; Ursolic acid; Wrightia tomentosa

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE 8; LIPOCORTIN 5; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; WRIGHTIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; WRIGHTIA TOMENTOSA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOCYNACEAE; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ETHANOL; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SOLVENTS; TRITERPENES;

APOCYNACEAE; SCORPIONES; WRIGHTIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 84861986754     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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