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Dr Wenwu Li's Outputs (7)

Cytotoxicity effects and apoptosis induction by cycleanine and tetrandrine (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Uche, F. I., Drijfhout, F., McCullagh, J., Richardson, A., & Li, W. W. Cytotoxicity effects and apoptosis induction by cycleanine and tetrandrine

Ovarian cancer remains one of the main causes of death in all gynecologic malignancies [1]. Natural products continue to be important sources of clinically approved anti-cancer drugs [2, 3]. Triclisia subcordata Oliv (Menispermeaceae) is a medicinal... Read More about Cytotoxicity effects and apoptosis induction by cycleanine and tetrandrine.

Anti-Malarial Activities of Margaritaria discoidea and Other Nigerian Medicinal Plants (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Johnson-Ajinwo, O., Ullah, I., Lee, C., Raman, H., Ellerby, N., Horrocks, P., & Li, W. (2015, August). Anti-Malarial Activities of Margaritaria discoidea and Other Nigerian Medicinal Plants. Paper presented at 2015 PSNA Meeting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

We previously evaluated in vitro anti-cancer activity of a Nigeria medicinal plant—Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L.Webster [1]. The aim of current study is to investigate crude extracts of ten medicinal plants including M. discoidea for their ant... Read More about Anti-Malarial Activities of Margaritaria discoidea and Other Nigerian Medicinal Plants.

Anti-ovarian cancer activities of alkaloids from Triclisia subcordata olive (Menispermecaea) (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Uche, F., Li, W., Richardson, A., & Greenhough, T. (2014, August). Anti-ovarian cancer activities of alkaloids from Triclisia subcordata olive (Menispermecaea). Presented at American Society of Pharmacognosy 2014 Annual Meeting - in conjunction with the 14th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals, Oxford, Mississippi, USA

This study investigates the anticancer activities of Triclisia subcordata, identifies and elucidates the structure(s) of the bioactive anticancer compound. The evaluation of anticancer activity was done by in vitro sulforhodamine B dye method using A... Read More about Anti-ovarian cancer activities of alkaloids from Triclisia subcordata olive (Menispermecaea).