TY - JOUR
T1 - Inducción de apoptosis por el principio activo citotóxico de Espeletia killipii Cuatr. sobre líneas celulares humanas
AU - De Castro, Clemencia
AU - De Murcia, Tulia Riveros
AU - Jaimes, Gustavo
AU - Téllez Alfonso, Alba N.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Longipilin acetate is the compound exhibiting cytotoxicity, isolated from endemic plant specie from Colombia, South America, Espeletia killipii Cuatr. Longipilin acetate is a sesquiterpenelactone having the ability to induce apoptosis in several breast cancer cell-lines like MCF-7 y CSC-1595 (obtained from National Cancer Institute, Bogotá Colombia), Morphological examination, nuclear DNA fragmentation, tunel and flow cytometry were used to evaluate apoptosis. Therefore longipilin acetate is a compound showing potential as an antitumor agent.
AB - Longipilin acetate is the compound exhibiting cytotoxicity, isolated from endemic plant specie from Colombia, South America, Espeletia killipii Cuatr. Longipilin acetate is a sesquiterpenelactone having the ability to induce apoptosis in several breast cancer cell-lines like MCF-7 y CSC-1595 (obtained from National Cancer Institute, Bogotá Colombia), Morphological examination, nuclear DNA fragmentation, tunel and flow cytometry were used to evaluate apoptosis. Therefore longipilin acetate is a compound showing potential as an antitumor agent.
KW - Apoptosis activity
KW - Asteraceae
KW - Espeletia killipii
KW - Sesquiterpenlactone
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U2 - 10.1590/s0102-695x2007000400004
DO - 10.1590/s0102-695x2007000400004
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:38949105197
SN - 0102-695X
VL - 17
SP - 497
EP - 500
JO - Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
JF - Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
IS - 4
ER -