Apoptosis inducing activity of benzophenanthridine-type alkaloids and 2-arylbenzofuran neolignans in HCT116 colon carcinoma cells

Phytomedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 923-929

  Mansoor, Tayyab A ^a   Borralho, Pedro M ^a   Luo, Xuan ^a   Mulhovo, Silva ^b   Rodrigues, Cecília M P ^a   Ferreira, Maria José U ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Pedagógica Campus de Lhanguene   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Arylbenzofuran neolignans; Benzophenanthridine alkaloids; Cytotoxicity; HCT116 colon carcinoma cells; Zanthoxylum capense

Indexed keywords

2 ARYLBENZOFURAN NEOLIGNAN DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ALKALOID; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CASPASE 3; FLUOROURACIL; NEOLIGNAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZANTHOXYLUM;

APOPTOSIS; ARYLBENZOFURAN NEOLIGNANS; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINE ALKALOIDS; CYTOTOXICITY; HCT116 COLON CARCINOMA CELLS; ZANTHOXYLUM CAPENSE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINES; DIOXOLES; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; LIGNANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUINAZOLINES; QUINOLINES; ZANTHOXYLUM;

PSIDIUM; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 84879888690     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2013.03.026     Document Type: Article

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