Anticancer Effects of 23-Dihydroganoderic Acid N

  • Kang Kyoung-Ah (Department of Biochemistry College of Medicine, Cheju National University) ;
  • Zhang Rui (Department of Biochemistry College of Medicine, Cheju National University) ;
  • Piao Mei Jing (Department of Biochemistry College of Medicine, Cheju National University) ;
  • Kim Ju-Sun (Natural Products Research Institute and College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kang Sam-Sik (Natural Products Research Institute and College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University) ;
  • Hyun Jin-Won (Department of Biochemistry College of Medicine, Cheju National University)
  • Published : 2006.12.31

Abstract

23-Dihydroganoderic acid N, a triterpenoid compound, was investigated whether it may show cytotoxic activity against U937, HeLa, NCI-H460 and MCF-7 cancer cells by MTT test. As a result, 23-dihydroganoderic acid N show sensitive to MCF-7 cells among NCI-H460, HeLa, U937, and MCF-7 cells.

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