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Fitoterapia
; 82(7): 1106-9, 2011 Oct.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21787846
RESUMO
Continued chemical investigation on the fruits of Aesculus pavia L. resulted in theisolation and identification of two new oleanolic acid saponins, namely vaccaroside A (1) andvaccaroside B (2). The isolated furostanol saponins were evaluated for cytotoxic activity againsthuman normal amniotic and human lung carcinoma cell lines using neutral red and MTT assays.In vitro experiments showed significant cytotoxicity in a dose dependent manner with IC50 valuesin the range of 27.80-79.02 µM.