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The fruit of Brucea javanica L. is a common herb used in Chinese medicine for the treatment of a variety of cancers. Our research group has previously identified bruceine D (BD), a quassinoid found abundantly in B. javanica, to have potent cytotoxic effect on a number of pancreatic cancer cell
Pancreatic cancer is a malignant disease with extremely high mortality. Our previous work found that Brucea javanica fruit possesses potent anti-pancreatic cancer activity. In the present study, brucein D (BD), a quassinoid found abundantly in B. javanica fruit, was evaluated for its
Our previous studies showed that the alcohol extract of the fruit of Brucea javanica (Fructus Bruceae) possessed significant cytotoxicity in pancreatic adenocarcinoma cell lines. A bioassay-guided fractionation and purification resulted in the isolation and characterization of seven quassinoids