flueggea/breast neoplasms

Natural products have been discovered to be valuable sources of antitumor drugs. L-Securinine is a natural product extracted from the leaves or roots of Securinega suffruticosa Pall Rehd. The current study was done to investigate the molecular mechanisms of antitumor effects of L-securinine. The

BACKGROUND During the past few years, there has been an increasing interest among the Traditional and Folk medical practitioners of Sri Lanka in the use of a decoction prepared from Flueggea leucopyrus (Willd.) for treating various cancers including breast cancer. In the present study, the

Two unprecedented C,C-linked dimeric indolizidine alkaloids, flueggines A (1) and B (2), were isolated from the twigs and leaves of Flueggea virosa. The structures and absolute configurations were elucidated by means of NMR, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, and CD analyses. Compound 1 is the first