"Glaucarubin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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(1 beta,2 alpha,11 beta,12 alpha,15 beta(S))-11,20-Epoxy-1,2,11,12-tetrahydroxy-15-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-oxobutoxy)picras-3-en-16-one. A quassinoid (Simaroubolide) from Simaruba glauca, a tropical shrub. It has been used as an antiamebic agent and is found to be cytotoxic. It may be of use in cancer chemotherapy.
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D005900
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MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.849.919.570.500 D03.383.663.387
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Glaucarubin" by people in Profiles.
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Antifertility activity of Quassia amara: quassin inhibits the steroidogenesis in rat Leydig cells in vitro. Planta Med. 1995 Apr; 61(2):180-2.
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Phase II trial of bruceantin in metastatic breast carcinoma. Am J Clin Oncol. 1982 Aug; 5(4):389-91.