Lupeol is the cytotoxic principle in the leaf extract of Dendropanax cf. querceti

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Moriarity, DM [1 ]
Huang, J
Yancey, CA
Zhang, P
Setzer, WN
Lawton, RO
Bates, RB
Caldera, S
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[1] Univ Alabama, Dept Biol Sci, Huntsville, AL 35899 USA
[2] Univ Alabama, Dept Chem, Huntsville, AL 35899 USA
[3] Univ Arizona, Dept Chem, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
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10.1055/s-2006-957454
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Q94 [植物学];
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The crude ethanol extract from the leaves of Dendroponax cf. querceti (Araliaceae) from Monteverde, Costa Rica, exhibits cytotoxic activity against Hep-GZ, A-431, and H-411E tumor cell lines. The active component has been isolated by activity-directed separation and identified by H-1-and C-13-NMR spectroscopy as the triterpene lupeol. The mechanism of cytotoxic activity of lupeol has been determined to be inhibition of topoisomerase II.
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