Terrestrosin D, a steroidal saponin from tribulus terrestris L., Inhibits growth and angiogenesis of human prostate cancer in vitro and in vivo

Pathobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 123-132

  Wei, Shihu ^a   Fukuhara, Hideo ^a   Chen, Guang ^b   Kawada, Chiaki ^a   Kurabayashi, Atsushi ^a   Furihata, Mutsuo ^a   Inoue, Keiji ^a   Shuin, Taro ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Steroidal saponin; Terrestrosin D

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE 3; SAPONIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TERRESTROSIN D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; PLANT EXTRACT; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INHIBITION; CASTRATION RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; TUMOR VOLUME; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; METABOLISM; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; TRIBULUS; TUMOR CELL LINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION; XENOGRAFT; ANGIOGENESIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CELL CYCLE ARREST; DRUG MECHANISM; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS MUSCULUS; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HETEROGRAFTS; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SAPONINS; TRIBULUS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84895932675     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: 14230291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357622     Document Type: Article

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