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Wikstromol, antitumor lignan from Wikstroemia foetida var. oahuensis Gray and Wikstroemia uva-ursi Gray
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
|May 1, 1979
Abstract:
The ethanol extracts of Wikstroemia foetida var. oahuensis and Wikstroemia uva-ursi showed antitumor activity against the P-388 lymphocytic leukemia (3PS) test system One PS-active constituent of both plants was the lignan wikstromol. Several inactive compounds were identified as daphnoretin, pinoresinol, and syringaresinol.
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