Antiproliferative naphthoquinone esters from Rhinacanthus nasutus kurz. roots on various cancer cells

Journal of Traditional Medicines

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 166-172

  Siripong, Pongpun ^a   Kanokmedakul, Kwanjai ^b   Piyaviriyagul, Suratsawadee ^a   Yahuafai, Jantana ^a   Chanpai, Rittichai ^a   Ruchirawat, Somsak ^c   Oku, Naoto ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

^b Khon Kaen University   (Thailand)

^c Toxicology and Management of Chemicals   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acanthaceae; antiproliferative; antitumor activity; cancer; lignan; Meth A sarcoma; naphthoquinones; Rhinacanthus nasutus

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008333024     PISSN: 18801447     EISSN: 18813747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11339/jtm.23.166     Document Type: Article

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