Cytotoxic activity of five compounds isolated from Colombian plants.

Autor: Cordero CP; Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Edificio 450, Ciudad Universitaria, Carrera 30-Calle 45, Bogotá D.C., Colombia., Gómez-González S, León-Acosta CJ, Morantes-Medina SJ, Aristizabal FA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Fitoterapia [Fitoterapia] 2004 Mar; Vol. 75 (2), pp. 225-7.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2003.12.017
Abstrakt: Cytotoxic effect of five known compounds, khellin, berberine, lupeol, scopolin, rapanone, obtained from Colombian plants, were determined against human tumor cell lines as an indicator of the potential anticancer activity of these compounds. Berberine and rapanone presented interesting cytotoxicity.
Databáze: MEDLINE