Inhibitory effects of anthraquinones and bianthraquinones on Epstein-Barr virus activation

J Koyama; I Morita; K Tagahara; M Ogata; T Mukainaka; H Tokuda; H Nishino

doi:10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00566-3

Inhibitory effects of anthraquinones and bianthraquinones on Epstein-Barr virus activation

Cancer Lett. 2001 Sep 10;170(1):15-8. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00566-3.

Authors

J Koyama¹, I Morita, K Tagahara, M Ogata, T Mukainaka, H Tokuda, H Nishino

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada, 658, Kobe, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 11448529
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00566-3

Abstract

Short-term in vitro assays for anti-tumor promoters were carried out for several anthraquinones and bianthraquinones, which were isolated from Cassia siamea and derived from cascaroside A. Anthraquinone monomers showed higher anti-tumor promoting activity than that of bianthraquinones.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Anthraquinones / pharmacology*
Cell Line
Herpesvirus 4, Human / drug effects*
Herpesvirus 4, Human / physiology*
Virus Replication / drug effects

Substances

Anthraquinones