Naturally-occurring dimers of flavonoids as anticarcinogens

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1217-1235

  Mercader, Andrew G ^a   Pomilio, Alicia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anticarcinogens; Biflavonoids; Mechanisms of action; Structures

Indexed keywords

AGATHISFLAVONE; AMENTOFLAVONE; ATRAZINE; BICHALCONES; BIFLAVANONE; BIFLAVONOID; CALYCOPTERONE; CASPASE 3; CCHNAFLAVONE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; DIMER; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; HINOKIFLAVONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; ISOCHAMAEJASMIN; LATERIFLAVANONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MORELLOFLAVONE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PANCIBIFLAVONOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; RNA SPLICING;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; NEOPLASMS; NF-KAPPA B; RNA SPLICING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84888260439     PISSN: 18715206     EISSN: 18755992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/18715206113139990300     Document Type: Article

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