Oleanolic acid 3-acetate, a minor element of ginsenosides, induces apoptotic cell death in ovarian carcinoma and endometrial carcinoma cells via the involvement of a reactive oxygen species–independent mitochondrial pathway

Objectives: Oleanolic acid, a minor element of ginsenosides, and its derivatives have been shown to have cytotoxicity against some tumor cells. The impact of cytotoxic effect of oleanolic acid 3-acetate on ovarian cancer SKOV3 cells and endometrial cancer HEC-1A cells were examined both in vivo and...

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Main Authors: Hantae Jo, Jeong-Hyun Oh, Dong-Wook Park, Changho Lee, Churl K. Min
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Ginseng Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1226845318301702