Tormentic acid in foods exerts anti-proliferation efficacy through inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest

Tormentic acid (TA) is a triterpenoid saponin widely distributed in natural plant foods with various bioactivities. However, the underlying pathways through which TA exerts the bioactivities remain unclear. Here, experiments were carried out to elucidate the molecular mechanisms accounting for the a...

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Main Authors: Tian-Tian Zhang, Li Yang, Jian-Guo Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
Subjects:
ROS
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464615004934