Naphthoquinone components from Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch show significant antiproliferative effects on human colorectal cancer cells

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-70

  Huu Tung, Nguyen ^a   Du, Guang Jian ^b   Wang, Chong Zhi ^b   Yuan, Chun Su ^b   Shoyama, Yukihiro ^a  

^a NAGASAKI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch; alkannin; angelylalkannin; antiproliferation; apoptosis; cell cycle; human colorectal cancer cells; naphthoquinone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKANNA TINCTORIA EXTRACT; ALKANNIN; ANGELYLALKANNIN; FLUOROURACIL; NAPHTHOQUINONE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKANNA TINCTORIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BORAGINACEAE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BORAGINACEAE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS;

ALKANNA TINCTORIA;

EID: 84872067645     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4680     Document Type: Article

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