Maltese mushroom (Cynomorium coccineum l.) as source of oil with potential anticancer activity

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 849-864

  Rosa, Antonella ^a   Nieddu, Mariella ^a   Piras, Alessandra ^a   Atzeri, Angela ^a   Putzu, Danilo ^a   Rescigno, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

B16F10 melanoma cells; Colon cancer caco 2 cells; Cynomorium coccineum L; Cytotoxicity; Lipid profile modulation; Maltese mushroom

Indexed keywords

CYNOMORIUM COCCINEUM EXTRACT; FATTY ACID; FLUOROURACIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MELANIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; AGARICALES; ANIMAL; CACO 2 CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYNOMORIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CYNOMORIUM COCCINEUM;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYNOMORIUM; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921921023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7020849     Document Type: Article

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