Anti-tumor activities of triterpenes from syzygium kusukusense

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1557-1558

  Bai, Li Yuan ^a   Lin, Wei Yu ^b   Chiu, Chang Fang ^b   Weng, Jing Ru ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Kinmen Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Myrtaceae; Syzygium kusukusense; Triterpenes

Indexed keywords

2 ALPHA HYDROXYBETULINIC ACID; BETULIC ACID; HYPTATIC ACID A; PLATANIC ACID; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TRITERPENE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; MCF 7 CELL LINE; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; ORAL CANCER CELL LINE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT STEM; PROSTATE CANCER CELL LINE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYZYGIUM KUSUKUSENSE; TAIWAN; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EUGENIA; TUMOR CELL LINE;

MYRTACEAE; SYZYGIUM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; EUGENIA; HUMANS; PLANT STEMS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84911094082     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1400901106     Document Type: Article

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