title: [Antitumor activities of 4 derivatives of artemisic acid and artemisinin B in vitro].
abstract: The cytotoxicities of 2 derivatives of artemisinin B and 2 derivatives of artemisic acid (designated as Compound A, B, C, and D) were investigated, using trypan blue dye exclusion test and colony-forming units assay. At the concentration of 5 micrograms.ml-1, the inhibition rates of these 4 compounds against murine leukemia cell line P388 were > 85%. When tested against human hepatoma cell line SMMC-7721 at 25 micrograms.ml-1, the inhibition rates of Compound A, B, C, and D were found to be 92.3%, 96.9%, 84%, and 82.1%, respectively, and 27%, 8%, 37.8%, 1.7% against normal human embryonic lung cell line WI-38, respectively. These 4 compounds all showed an inhibition rate of 100% against human gastric cancer cell line SGC-7901 at 50 micrograms.ml-1.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: J X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: X F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Yue
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D037621:Artemisinins; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007941:Leukemia P388 / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D037621:Artemisinins; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C073954:artemisinin B; C047721:artemisic acid