| Literature DB >> 10660083 |
T Konoshima1, M Takasaki, E Ichiishi, T Murakami, H Tokuda, H Nishino, N M Duc, R Kasai, K Yamasaki.
Abstract
In the course of our continuing search for novel cancer chemopreventive agents from natural sources, several kinds of Panax plants were screened. Consequently, the ocotillol-type saponin, majonoside-R2 (MR2), was obtained from the rhizome and root of Panax vietnamensis (Vietnamese ginseng) as an active constituent. MR2 exhibited potent anti-tumor-promoting activity on two-stage carcinogenesis test of mouse hepatic tumor using N-nitrosodiethylamine (DEN) as an initiator and phenobarbital (PB) as a promoter. Further, MR2 exhibited the remarkable inhibitory effect on two-stage carcinogenesis test of mouse skin induced by nitric oxide (NO) donor/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) or peroxynitrite/TPA.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10660083 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00257-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679