Diterpenes and Their Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 691-712

  Islam, Muhammad Torequl ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cancer; challenges; diterpenes; safety; therapy

Indexed keywords

1 BETA HYDROXYCRYPTOTANSHINONE; ACANTHOIC ACID; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ANDROGRAPHOLACTONE; ANDROGRAPHOLIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CAFESTOL; CARNOSIC ACID; CARNOSOL; CLERODANE; CRYPTOTANSHINONE; DIHYDROTANSHINONE; DITERPENE; ENT 16, BETA17 DIHYDROKAURAN 19 OIC ACID; ENT KAUR 16 EN 19 OIC ACID; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHOXYCORONARIN D; EUGENOL BENZOATE; ISOCORONARIN D; NATURAL PRODUCT; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TANSHINONE IIA; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER MORTALITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EX VIVO STUDY; GENOTOXICITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IC50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METASTASIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENICITY; REVIEW; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CHEMISTRY; NEOPLASMS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DITERPENES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOCHEMICALS;

EID: 85016438533     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5800     Document Type: Review

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