β-Sitosterol and flavonoids isolated from Bauhinia malabarica found during screening for Wnt signaling inhibitory activity

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 242-245

  Park, Hyun Young ^a   Toume, Kazufumi ^a   Arai, Midori A ^a   Koyano, Takashi ^b   Kowithayakorn, Thaworn ^c   Ishibashi, Masami ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Temko Corporation   (Japan)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Catenin; Bauhinia malabarica; Flavonoid; Wnt signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; GAMMA-SITOSTEROL; HYPERIN; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; LUCIFERASE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BAUHINIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HCT116 CELL LINE; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; IC50; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; REPORTER GENE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

BAUHINIA; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAVONOIDS; GENES, REPORTER; HCT116 CELLS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; KAEMPFEROLS; LUCIFERASES; METHANOL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUERCETIN; SITOSTEROLS; SOLVENTS; TRANSFECTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84893728174     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-013-0762-3     Document Type: Article

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