Antitumor-promoting effects of cyclic diarylheptanoids on Epstein-Barr virus activation and two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis

Junko Ishida, Mutsuo Kozuka, Hui Kang Wang, Takao Konoshima, Harukuni Tokuda, Masato Okuda, Xiao Yang Mou, Hoyoku Nishino, Nobuko Sakurai, Kuo Hsiung Lee, Masahiro Nagai

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Abstract

Eleven cyclic diarylheptanoids were screened as potential antitumor promoters by examining the ability of the compounds to inhibit Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation (induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate) in Raji cells. 13-Oxomyricanol and myricanone showed the highest activity and also exhibited remarkable inhibitory effects on mouse skin tumor promotion in an in vivo two-stage carcinogenesis test. These data suggest that certain diarylheptanoids might be valuable antitumor promoters and/or chemopreventors. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)135-140
Number of pages6
JournalCancer Letters
Volume159
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 31 2000
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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