[Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora]

Hai-Jie Ji1, Shu Wang1, Dong-Mei Wang2

  • 1Shanxi Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Shanxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine) Taiyuan 030012, China.

概括

研究人员从Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora中分离出了四种化学化合物,其中包括一种新的库库尔比坦糖化物. 这些化合物对测试的瘤细胞系没有显著的细胞毒性.

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