Anticancer and antibacterial activity of hyperforin and its derivatives

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1397-1401

  Schiavone, Brigida Immacolata Pia ^a   Verotta, Luisella ^b   Rosato, Antonio ^a   Marilena, Muraglia ^a   Gibbons, Simon ^c   Bombardelli, Ezio ^d   Franchini, Carlo ^a   Corbo, Filomena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INDENA S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti angiogenic; Antibacterial; Anticancer; Biofilm; Hyperforin; Hyperforin derivatives; Proapoptotic

Indexed keywords

ARISTOFORIN; HYPERFORIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; OCTAHYDROHYPERFORIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TETRAHYDROHYPERFORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TERPENE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CYTOTOXICITY; DEPRESSION; DOWN REGULATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; UPREGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HYPERICUM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TERPENES;

EID: 84923645793     PISSN: 18715206     EISSN: 18755992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871520614999140829122803     Document Type: Article

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