cremastra variabilis/breast neoplasms

Traditional Chinese medicine, based on theories developed and practiced for >2,000 years, is one of the most common complementary and alternative types of medicine currently used in the treatment of patients with breast cancer. Ruanjian Sanjie (RJSJ) decoction, is composed of four herbs, including

Two new terpenoids including a cadinane sesquiterpene (1), and an ent-kaurane diterpene diglycoside (2), together with a known triterpene containing 32 carbons (3), have been isolated from the ethanolic extract of Cremastra appendiculata. Their structures were established by the spectroscopic

OBJECTIVE To investigate the chemical constituents from the tuber of the planted Cremastra appendiculata. METHODS The compounds were isolated by column chromatography over silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 and RP-HPLC, and their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic