Triterpenes as potentially cytotoxic compounds

Molecules

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1610-1625

  Chudzik, Malwina ^a   Korzonek Szlacheta, Ilona ^a   Król, Wojciech ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Triterpenes

Indexed keywords

TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84921672973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules20011610     Document Type: Review

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