Cytotoxic activity of bryonolic acid isolated from transformed hairy roots of Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica.

Abstract:

:Bryonolic acid was isolated in high yield from transformed hairy root cultures of Trichosanthes kirilowii var. Japonica. Bryonolic acid exhibited cytotoxic activity to various tumor cells in vitro, independent of cell type. Normal cells such as rat hepatocytes are less sensitive to bryonolic acid. The appearance of a DNA ladder was detected in the bryonolic acid-treated HL-60RG cells, indicating that cell death triggered by bryonolic acid is due to apoptosis.

journal_name

Biol Pharm Bull

authors

Kondo T,Inoue M,Mizukami H,Ogihara Y

doi

10.1248/bpb.18.726

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-05-01 00:00:00

pages

726-9

issue

5

eissn

0918-6158

issn

1347-5215

journal_volume

18

pub_type

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