Mesua beccariana (Clusiaceae), a source of potential anti-cancer lead compounds in drug discovery

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 10791-10800

  Teh, Soek Sin ^a   Ee, Gwendoline Cheng Lian ^a   Mah, Siau Hui ^a   Lim, Yang Mooi ^b   Rahmani, Mawardi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cyclodione; Cytotoxic; In vitro; Mesua beccariana; Mesuadione

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BARK; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CLUSIACEAE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HELA CELL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PLANT STEM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLUSIACEAE; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT BARK; PLANT STEMS;

EID: 84866951816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules170910791     Document Type: Article

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