Antineoplastic agents, 105. zephyranthes grandiflora1

George Pettit; Venkatswamy Gaddamidi; Gordon M. Cragg

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Antineoplastic agents, 105. zephyranthes grandiflora¹

George Pettit, Venkatswamy Gaddamidi, Gordon M. Cragg

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Abstract

The history of certain Amaryllidaceous plants used in the primitive treatment of cancer can be traced to the fourth century B.C.² In the genus Zephyranthes, Z. parulla Killip appears in a history of Peru (by Padre Cobo) dated 1653, for treating tumors, and Z. rosea (Spreng.) Lindl. has found use in China for breast cancer (3).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1018-1020
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Natural Products
Volume	47
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/np50036a020
State	Published - Jan 1984

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Analytical Chemistry
Molecular Medicine
Pharmacology
Pharmaceutical Science
Drug Discovery
Complementary and alternative medicine
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