Phytochemicals: A glimpse into their structural and biological variation

被引:5
作者
Mbwambo, ZH [1 ]
Luyengi, L [1 ]
Kinghorn, AD [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS, COLL PHARM, DEPT MED CHEM & PHARMACOGNOSY, PROGRAM COLLABORAT RES PHARMACEUT SCI, CHICAGO, IL 60612 USA
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACOGNOSY | 1996年 / 34卷 / 05期
关键词
higher plants; flavonoids; cancer chemoprevention; cancer chemotherapy; sweet-testing;
D O I
10.1076/phbi.34.5.335.13251
中图分类号
Q94 [植物学];
学科分类号
071001 ;
摘要
Higher plants have afforded a plethora of structurally structurally varied biologically active secondary metabolite organic molecules, and accordingly have been subjected to wide experimental scrutiny in countries all over the world. In this short review the promise of just one phytochemical group, the flavonoids, will be focused upon. Compounds of this type which have been recently isolated and characterized in this laboratory, with potential use as cancer chemopreventives, cancer chemotherapeutic agents, and sucrose substitutes, will be described.
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页码:335 / 343
页数:9
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