Tanshinones: Sources, pharmacokinetics and anti-cancer activities

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 13621-13666

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Jiang, Peixin ^a   Ye, Min ^b   Kim, Sung Hoon ^c   Jiang, Cheng ^a   Lü, Junxuan ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti cancer; Pharmacokinetic; Sources; Tanshinones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CRYPTOTANSHINONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIHYDROTANSHINONE 1; DOXORUBICIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MITOMYCIN; PROTEIN P53; SALVIANOLIC ACID B; SOLID LIPID NANOPARTICLE; TANSHINONE; TANSHINONE DERIVATIVE; TANSHINONE I; TANSHINONE IIA; TANSHINONE IIA SULFONATE; TELOMERASE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABIETANE DERIVATIVE; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COLON CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DNA INTERACTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; DITERPENES, ABIETANE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

EID: 84870653900     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131013621     Document Type: Review

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