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beta-elemene

Known as: (1S,2S,4R)-2,4-diisopropenyl-1-methyl-1-vinylcyclohexane, (1alpha,2beta,4beta)-1-Methyl-2,4-bis(methylvinyl)-1- vinylcyclohexane 
One of the isomers of elemene, a lipid soluble sesquiterpene and the active component isolated from the Chinese medicinal herb Rhizoma zedoariae with… Expand
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2018
2018
Beta‐elemene increases chemosensitivity to 5‐fluorouracil through down‐regulating microRNA‐191 expression in colorectal carcinoma cells
Colorectal carcinoma is a common malignant tumor occurring in the alimentary system. Despite developments of modern medicine… Expand
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Beta-elemene inhibits melanoma growth and metastasis via suppressing vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated angiogenesis
PurposeIt was to assess antiangiogenic effect of β-elemene in vitro and in vivo, and it was involved in inhibiting melanoma… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Antineoplastic effect of β‐elemene on prostate cancer cells and other types of solid tumour cells
Objectives  β‐Elemene, a natural compound extracted from over 50 different Chinese medicinal herbs and plants, has been effective… Expand
Review
2009
Review
2009
Anti-cancer properties of Nigella spp. essential oils and their major constituents, thymoquinone and beta-elemene.
  • A. Edris
  • Current clinical pharmacology
  • 2009
    • Corpus ID: 21645198
Essential oils are the volatile fraction of aromatic and medicinal plants after extraction by steam or water distillation. They… Expand
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Anti-tumor effect of beta-elemene in glioblastoma cells depends on p38 MAPK activation.
beta-Elemene, a natural plant drug extracted from Curcuma wenyujin, has been used as an antitumor drug for different tumors… Expand
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Antibacterial terpenes from the oleo‐resin of Commiphora molmol (Engl.)
Two octanordammaranes, mansumbinone (1) and 3,4‐seco‐mansumbinoic acid (2), and two sesquiterpenes, β‐elemene (3) and T‐cadinol… Expand
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The rice (E)-beta-caryophyllene synthase (OsTPS3) accounts for the major inducible volatile sesquiterpenes.
Terpenoids serve as both constitutive and inducible defense chemicals in many plant species, and volatile terpenes participate in… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Essential oil analysis and anticancer activity of leaf essential oil of Croton flavens L. from Guadeloupe.
The leaf essential oil of Croton flavens L., a native plant from the Caribbean area used in traditional medicine, was extracted… Expand
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Assessing the quality of RCTs on the effect of beta-elemene, one ingredient of a Chinese herb, against malignant tumors.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for Elemene injections, one ingredient of Chinese herb… Expand
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Antitumor effect of beta-elemene in non-small-cell lung cancer cells is mediated via induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptotic cell death.
  • G. Wang, X. Li, +7 authors Q. Li
  • Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS
  • 2005
    • Corpus ID: 22581721
Beta-elemene is a novel anticancer drug, which was extracted from the ginger plant. However, the mechanism of action of beta… Expand
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