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Cantharidin

Known as: 4,7-Epoxyisobenzofuran-1,3-dione, hexahydro-3a,7a-dimethyl-, (3aalpha,4beta,7beta,7aalpha)-, Cantharidin [Chemical/Ingredient], Cantharidine 
A toxic compound, isolated from the Spanish fly or blistering beetle (Lytta (Cantharis) vesicatoria) and other insects. It is a potent and specific… 
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2010
2010
Bioactivity of cantharidin against eleven pests
【Objective】The study was done in order to ascertain the further insecticidal spectra and mode of action of the natural product… 
2006
2006
Norcantharidin inhibits DNA replication and induces apoptosis with the cleavage of initiation protein Cdc6 in HL-60 cells
Norcantharidin (NCTD), a demethylated form of cantharidin, is currently used as an anti-cancer drug in China. However, the exact… 
2003
2003
Effect of cantharidin on the midgut of the orient armyworm (Mythimna separata) and diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)
  • Z. Ya
  • 2003
  • Corpus ID: 88265798
Obvious pathological changes in the midgut of the orient armyworm, Mythimna separata and the diamondback moth, Plutella… 
2002
2002
Histopathologic misdiagnoses and their clinical consequences.
1999
1999
Attraction of the colour beetle species Pallenothriocera rufimembris by Cantharidin (Cleridae : Coleoptera)
About 50 specimens of the clerid species Pallenothriocera rufimembris Pic 1949 were attracted to cantharidin traps at several… 
1981
1981
[A study on antitumor chemotherapeutic agents--synthesis of N-cantharidine derivatives (author's transl)].
1979
1979
Kinins and the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems
In the previous edition of this section of the Handbook, the primary focus on kinins, with regard to their relationships with the… 
1975
1975
Lymphangitis Caused by Cantharidin
To the Editor.— Recently, I have been using cantharidin and salicylic acid together in treating resistant plantar and periungual… 
1966
1966
Cantharidin-induced acantholysis. Dependence on epidermal respiration.
Several known respiratory inhibitors were found to prevent cantharidin-induced acantholysis and also to block respiration in… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Dermatitis herpetiformis with acantholysis or pemphigus with response to sulfonamides: report of two cases.
Acantholysis or epidermal cellular separation is a general property of reaction of the epidermis. It may occur secondarily in… 
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