Achillinin A, a cytotoxic guaianolide from the flower of Yarrow, Achillea millefolium.

نویسندگان

  • Yong Li
  • Man-Li Zhang
  • Bin Cong
  • Si-Ming Wang
  • Mei Dong
  • Françoise Sauriol
  • Chang-Hong Huo
  • Qing-Wen Shi
  • Yu-Cheng Gu
  • Hiromasa Kiyota
چکیده

Achillinin A (2β,3β-epoxy-1α,4β,10α-trihydroxyguai-11(13)-en-12,6α-olide, 1), a new guaianolide isolated from the flower of Achillea millefolium, exhibited potential antiproliferative activity to A549, RERF-LC-kj and QG-90 cells with 50% inhibitory concentration (IC(50)) values of 5.8, 10 and 0.31 µM, respectively.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry

دوره 75 8  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011