Antitumor Activities of Six Quassinoids from Ailanthus altissima
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Qing-Wen Shi; Ruxing Wang; Yu-Cheng Gu; Yibing Wu; Changhong Huo; Xiao-Xia Mao; Manli Zhang; Jian Zhou; Francoise Sauriol
- Source
- Chemistry of Natural Compounds. 53:28-32
- Subject
- Ailanthus altissima
Traditional medicine
biology
010405 organic chemistry
Chemistry
Plant Science
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
biology.organism_classification
complex mixtures
01 natural sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
0104 chemical sciences
visual_art
visual_art.visual_art_medium
Bark
MTT assay
- Language
- ISSN
- 1573-8388
0009-3130
Six known quassinoids were isolated from the bark of Ailanthus altissima. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. Compounds 1–6 were screened for their antitumor activities evaluated by MTT assay.