Isolation of Antitumor Agent from the Heartwood of Dalbergia odorifera

강진향(降眞香)의 항암활성 성분

  • Published : 1995.12.30

Abstract

Through bioassay-guided separation of the chemical constituents from the heartwood of Dalbergia odorifera, an 2'-O-methoxyisoliquiritigenin(1) was isolated as cytotoxic principle. 1 showed potent cytotoxic activity against the three kinds of human cancer cell lines (A-549, SK-MEL-2 and SK-OV-3) with similar activity to 5-Fluorouracil.

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