Antitumor agents. XV: Deoxyelephantopin, an antitumor principle from Elephantopus carolinianus Willd.
The active principle responsible for the significant inhibitory activity against the Walker 256 carcinosarcoma (ascites) in rats, isolated from the chloroform extract of the whole plant of Elephantopus carolinianus Willd., was characterized as deoxyelephantopin, a sesquiterpene lactone.
D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002279:Carcinoma 256, Walker / Q000188:drug therapy; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D010936:Plant Extracts