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S T Chang1, D S Wang, C L Wu, S G Shiah, Y H Kuo, C J Chang.
Abstract
The cytotoxicity of the dominant lignans and sesquiterpenoids from Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides Hayata) was investigated. Three human tumor cells including A-549 lung carcinoma. MCF-7 breast adenocarcinoma and HT-29 colon adenocarcinoma were selected to illustrate the structure-cytotoxicity relationships of Taiwania's dominant compounds. Taiwanin A, taiwanin E and dimethylmatairesinol exhibited significant cytotoxicity against three human tumor cells. Among them, taiwanin A possesses the strongest cytotoxic activity. In addition, the morphology-based evaluation, flow cytometric analysis, and DNA fragmentation assays demonstrated that the tumor cell death induced by taiwanin A was due to apoptosis.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11142847 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(00)00275-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phytochemistry ISSN: 0031-9422 Impact factor: 4.072