Cancer Letters
Volume 226, Issue 1 , Pages 65-75 , 8 August 2005

Cytotoxicity of three cycloartane triterpenoids from Cimicifuga dahurica

  • Ze Tian

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medicinal Plant, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
    • Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Institute of Medicinal Plant, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China. Tel.: +86 10 62894597.
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  • Mengsu Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Feng Huang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medicinal Plant, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
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  • Keguo Li

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People's Republic of China
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  • Jianyong Si

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medicinal Plant, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
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  • Lin Shi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Sibao Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medicinal Plant, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China
    • Department of Application of Biology and Chemistry Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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  • Peigen Xiao

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medicinal Plant, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China

Received 7 May 2004 ,Revised 5 October 2004 ,Accepted 1 November 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.11.019

Cancer Letters
Volume 226, Issue 1 , Pages 65-75 , 8 August 2005

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