Identification of sesquilignans in litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) leaf and their anticancer activities

Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) is a well-known traditional medicine since ancient times. The crude extract of litchi leaf exhibited good bioactivity against cancer cells. In this work, three sesquilignans, ehletianol C (1), sesquipinsapol B (2) and sesquimarocanol B (3), and one lignan glycoside sc...

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Main Authors: Lingrong Wen, Jirui He, Dan Wu, Yueming Jiang, K. Nagendra Prasad, Mouming Zhao, Sen Lin, Guoxiang Jiang, Wei Luo, Bao Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175646461400067X