Plant Anticancer Agents XXXIII. Constituents of Passerina vulgaris

Guo Ji-Xian; Sukhdev S. Handa; John M. Pezzuto; A. Douglas Kinghorn; Norman R. Farnsworth

doi:10.1055/s-2007-969695

Planta Medica, Table of Contents

Planta Med 1984; 50(3): 264-265
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969695

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Plant Anticancer Agents XXXIII. Constituents of Passerina vulgaris [1]

Guo Ji-Xian² , Sukhdev S. Handa³ , John M. Pezzuto³ , A. Douglas Kinghorn³ , Norman R. Farnsworth³

²A Visiting Scholar in the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, on leave from the Shanghai First Medical College, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
³Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Health Sciences Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, U.S.A.

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Abstract

Two lignans of known structure, (+)-syringaresinol, a cytotoxic agent, and (+)-nortrachelogenin, a compound with demonstrated antileukemic activity, were isolated from a biologically active extract of the stems of Passerina vulgaris.

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References

1 For the previous paper in this series, see reference (1)