Activation of apoptosis by derivatives of betulinic acid in human tumor cells in vitro

Dokl Biochem Biophys. 2006 Mar-Apr:407:94-7. doi: 10.1134/s160767290602013x.

Authors

A G Pokrovskii¹, A B Shintyapina, N V Pronkina, V S Kozhevnikov, O A Plyasunova, E E Shul'ts, G A Tolstikov

Affiliation

¹ Research Institute of Virology and Biotechnology, Vektor State Scientific Center of Virology and Biotechnology, p. Kol'tsovo, Novosibirsk oblast, 630559 Russia.

PMID: 16776075
DOI: 10.1134/s160767290602013x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Apoptosis / drug effects*
Betulinic Acid
Cell Line, Tumor
Cell Survival / drug effects
DNA / metabolism
Humans
Models, Molecular
Neoplasms / pathology*
Pentacyclic Triterpenes
Triterpenes / chemistry*
Triterpenes / pharmacology*

Substances

Pentacyclic Triterpenes
Triterpenes
DNA
Betulinic Acid