TY  - JOUR 
AU  - Reyes Zurita, Fernando Jesús
AU  - Pachón Peña, Gisela
AU  - Lizárraga, Daneida
AU  - Rufino Palomares, Eva
AU  - Cascante Serratosa, Marta
AU  - Lupiáñez Cara, José Antonio
PY  - 2011
SN  - 1471-2407
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31181
AB  - [Background]

Maslinic acid, a pentacyclic triterpene found in the protective wax-like coating of the leaves and fruit of Olea europaea L., is a promising agent for the prevention of colon cancer. We have shown elsewhere that maslinic acid inhibits...
LA  - eng
PB  - Biomed Central
KW  - Colon-cancer cells
KW  - JNK
KW  - Maslinic acid
KW  - Mitochondrial apoptotic pathway
KW  - p53-mediated apoptosis
KW  - Triterpenes
TI  - The natural triterpene maslinic acid induces apoptosis in HT29 colon cancer cells by a JNK-p53-dependent mechanism
ER  -