Cancer Letters
Volume 208, Issue 1 , Pages 59-64 , 10 May 2004

G2-M arrest and antimitotic activity mediated by casticin, a flavonoid isolated from Viticis Fructus (Vitex rotundifolia Linne fil.)

  • Junko Kobayakawa

      Affiliations

    • Hyogo Institute for Oriental Medicine, Higashidaimotsu-cho, Hyogo 660-0828, Japan
    • Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Hyogo Institute for Oriental Medicine, Higashidaimotsu-cho, Hyogo 660-0828, Japan. Tel.: +81-6-6482-5250; fax: +81-6-6482-7430
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  • Fumiko Sato-Nishimori

      Affiliations

    • Hyogo Institute for Oriental Medicine, Higashidaimotsu-cho, Hyogo 660-0828, Japan
    • ,
  • Masataka Moriyasu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Motoyamakita-machi, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshizumi Matsukawa

      Affiliations

    • Hyogo Institute for Oriental Medicine, Higashidaimotsu-cho, Hyogo 660-0828, Japan

Received 20 November 2003 ,Accepted 9 January 2004.

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PII: S0304-3835(04)00044-8

doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.01.012

Cancer Letters
Volume 208, Issue 1 , Pages 59-64 , 10 May 2004

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