Article: Salvinal has antimitotic activity in drug-resistant human tumor cells.

2004 MAR 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Salvinal, a novel microtubule inhibitor isolated from Salvia miltiorrhizae Bunge (Danshen), possesses antimitotic activity in multidrug-sensitive and -resistant human tumor cells.

"Aqueous extracts of Salvia miltiorrhizae Bunge have been extensively used in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders and cancer in Asia. Recently, a compound, 5-(3-hydroxypropyl)-7-methoxy-2-(3'-methoxy-4'-hydroxyphenyl)-3-benzo[b]furancarbaldehyde (salvinal), isolated from this plant showed inhibitory activity against tumor cell growth and induced apoptosis in human cancer cells. In the present study, we investigated the cytotoxic effect and ...

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