glioma/sambucus

Glucocorticosteroids, including dexamethasone (Dex), are commonly used to control tumor-induced edema in the brain tumor patients. There are increasing evidences that immunosuppressive action of Dex interferes with immune surveillance resulting in lower patients overall survival; however, the

The expression of CMP-NeuAc: Gal beta 1,4GlcNAc alpha 2,6 sialyltransferase (alpha 2,6-ST) [EC 2.4.99.1] and glycoproteins bearing alpha 2,6-linked sialic acids were examined in primary human brain tumours and cell lines. 79% (19/24) of the meningiomas expressed alpha 2,6-ST mRNA, 42% (10/24) of

As part of our ongoing search for bioactive constituents of natural Korean medicinal plants, three new lignan derivatives, sambucasinol A-C (1-3), together with 7 known compounds (4-10) were isolated from the twigs of Sambucus williamsii. The structures of these new compounds were determined by a

Six new iridoid glycosides, sambucusides A-F (1-6), and two known derivatives (7 and 8) were isolated from a methanol extract of the twigs of Sambucus williamsii var. coreana. Their chemical structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods, including NMR (1H and 13C NMR, 1H-1H COSY, HMQC, HMBC,