| Literature DB >> 18048957 |
Radosław Pilarski1, Magdalena Poczekaj-Kostrzewska, Danuta Ciesiołka, Krzysztof Szyfter, Krzysztof Gulewicz.
Abstract
The woody Amazonian vine Uncaria tomentosa (cat's claw) has been recently more and more popular all over the world as an immunomodulatory, antiinflammatory and anti-cancer remedy. This study investigates anti-proliferative potency of several cat's claw preparations with different quantitative and qualitative alkaloid contents on HL-60 acute promyelocytic human cells by applying trypan blue exclusion and 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide reduction assay (MTT). By standardization and statistical comparison of the obtained results pteropodine and isomitraphylline are indicated to be most suitable for standardization of medical cat's claw preparations.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 18048957
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pharmacol Rep ISSN: 1734-1140 Impact factor: 3.024