acanthospermum australe/抗癌药

The X-ray structure of acantholide, a melampolide sesquiterpene lactone from Acanthospermum glabratum (DC.) Willd. was determined by the aid of direct methods. The compound was cytotoxic but displayed no antitumor activity. Evaluation of the X-ray and NMR data indicated that the same conformation

BACKGROUND Recent years have witnessed that there is a revival of interest in drug discovery from medicinal plants for the maintenance of health in all parts of the world. The aim of this work was to investigate 26 plants belonging to 17 families collected from a unique place in Yemen (Soqotra

Previous studies on the Ehrlich ascites tumor (EAT) model indicate that tumor progression is associated with reduced myelopoiesis and increased extramedullar hematopoiesis. In order to investigate the in vivo antitumor activity of Acanthospermum australe, its hydroalcoholic extract was partitioned

BACKGROUND There is only scant literature on the anticancer components of medicinal plants from Nigeria, yet traditional healers in the area under study claim to have been managing the disease in their patients with some success using the species studied. OBJECTIVE To document plants commonly used