Cytotoxic Cardenolides from Calotropis Species: A Short Review
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Cytotoxic Cardenolides from Calotropis Species: A Short Review
From different plant parts of Calotropis species (C. gigantea and C. procera), various classes of compounds such as oxypregnanes, terpenoids, sterols, cardenolides and flavonoids have been isolated. Of these compounds, the cardenolides stand out as many of them have anticancer properties. Cardenolides are C23 steroids with a five-membered unsaturated butyrolactone ring consisting of a steroid n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Records of Natural Products
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1307-6167
DOI: 10.25135/rnp.2017.1701.002