Antineoplastic Natural Products and the Analogues VI - Panaxydol, the cytotoxic Principle of the Panax Ginseng Root against L1210 Cell

  • Ahn, Byung-Zun (College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Shin-Il (Korea Ginseng and Tabacco Research Institute)
  • Published : 1985.12.01

Abstract

It was previously reported that the petroleum ether fraction of the Korean ginseng root shows cytotoxic activities against L1210, L5178Y, Hela cell and Sarcoma 180 cell (1). In this study the cytotoxic substance against L1210 cell was isolated over a silica gel column and a preparative HPLC, followed by the cytotoxic assay (2).

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