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Cynanchum

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Cynanchum
South African genus of plants in the family Asclepiadaceae; contains an alkaloid cynanchoside which causes incoordination, tremor, paralysis. Includes C. africanum, C. ellipticum, C. obtusifolium. Called also monkey rope, klimp, bobbejantou.
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Abstract The antitumor activities of six C-21 steroidal glycosides isolated from the root tuber of Cynanchum auriculatum Royle ex Wight were performed according to a microculture tetrazolium (MTT) method on human tumor cell lines SMMC-7721, MCF-7 and Hela.
Antitumor activity of C-21 steroidal glycosides from Cynanchum ... by Peng, Yug-ru; Li, You-bin; Liu, Xiao-dong; Zhang, Jian-feng; Duan, Jin-ao / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
The plants found typically only at Scott Pond include Cynanchum laeve, Cyperus esculentus var.
The vascular flora and vegetational communities of Hayes Arboretum in ... by Ruch, Donald G.; Torke, Byron G.; Badger, Kemuel S.; Reidy, Chris R.; Rothrock, Paul E.; Waltz, Rod; / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
New acetylcholinesterase-inhibitory pregnane glycosides of Cynanchum atratum roots.
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from plants by Mukherjee, Pulok K.; Kumar, Venkatesan; Mal, Mainak; Houghton, Peter J. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
 
 
 
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