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The Korean Society of Pharmacognosy (한국생약학회)
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A Potential Cytotoxic Principle of Zingiber cassumunar

  • Published : 2003.06.01
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Abstract

A bioassay-guided fractionation of the active chloroform extracts of the rhizomes of Zingiber cassumunar Roxb. led to the isolation of a potential cytotoxic principle, curcumin (1), along with two inactive compounds, (E)-4-(3',4'- dimethoxyphenyl)but-3-en-1-ol (2) and (E)-4- (3',4'-dimethoxyphenyl)but-3-en-1- yl acetate (3). Curcumin (1) showed a significant cytotoxicity against several human cancer cell lines $(Col2;\;2.30,\;A549;\;12.30,\;SNU638;\;IC_{50}\;18.80\;{\mu}g/ml)$.

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