Browsing Faculty of Natural Sciences by Subject "Apocynaceae"
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An insight into the mechanism of holamine- and funtumine-induced cell death in cancer cells
(MDPI, 2020)Holamine and funtumine, steroidal alkaloids with strong and diverse pharmacological activities are commonly found in the Apocynaceae family of Holarrhena. The selective anti-proliferative and cell cycle arrest effects of ... -
An unusual 2,3-secotaraxerene and other cytotoxic triterpenoids from pleiocarpa pycnantha (apocynaceae) leaves collected from Nigeria
(MDPI, 2014)Three known triterpenoids, namely ursolic acid (1), and the 27-E- and 27-Z-pcoumaric esters of ursolic acid (compounds 2, 3), were isolated together with a new triterpene 2,3-seco-taraxer-14-en-2,3-lactone [pycanocarpine ...