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Anticancer and apoptotic effects on cell proliferation of diosgenin isolated from Costus speciosus (Koen.) Sm

BACKGROUND: Diosgenin, a naturally occurring steroid saponin found abundantly in C. speciosus, is a well-known precursor of various synthetic steroidal drugs that are extensively used in the pharmaceutical industry. METHODS: The present study was conducted to evaluate the in vitro anticancer and apo...

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Autores principales: Selim, Samy, Al Jaouni, Soad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4556405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26329920
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-015-0836-8