Antitumour activities of sesquiterpene lactones from Inula helenium and Inula japonica. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Antitumour activities of sesquiterpene lactones from Inula helenium and Inula japonica.
Z Naturforsch C J Biosci. 2012 Jul-Aug;67(7-8):375-80. PMID: 23016276
Yong Li
Eight sesquiterpene lactones were isolated from the roots of Inula helenium and flowers of I. japonica. Among them, isoalantolactone (3) and santamarine (6) exhibited significant growth inhibitory activities against gynecologic cancer cell lines, while others weakly inhibited the growth of the cell lines (IC50