Search for dissertations about: "cardiac glycoside"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words cardiac glycoside.

2. 1. Studies of Cytotoxic Compounds of Natural Origin and their Mechanisms of Action

   Author : Jenny Felth; Lars Bohlin; Joachim Gullbo; Ulf Göransson; Thomas Efferth; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cytotoxic; cardiac glycoside; gambogic acid; cancer; mechanism of action; Pharmacognosy; Farmakognosi; Pharmacognosy; Farmakognosi;

   Abstract : Cancer incidence is increasing and novel anticancer drugs with new mechanisms of action are essential for future chemotherapeutic treatment. Natural products have historically played an important role in the development of anti-cancer drugs and have potential to do so also in the future. READ MORE

4. 2. Repurposing digitoxin in the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma : genotypic and phenotypic features as biomarkers for digitoxin sensitivity in vitro

   Author : Heléne Lindholm; Katarina Ejeskär; Ferenc Szekeres; Maria Faresjö; Sofie Mohlin; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Na K -ATPase; digitoxin; cardiac glycoside; metabolomics; choline; Translationell medicin TRIM; Translational Medicine TRIM;

   Abstract : The incidence of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is increasing worldwide. The dismal prognosis and lack of effective treatments urges for increased research efforts in developing new treatment regimens. Since the development of new cancer treatments are expensive and time consuming, repurposing drugs is preferable when possible. READ MORE

5. 3. Cytotoxic Compounds of Plant Origin – Biological and Chemical Diversity

   Author : Petra Lindholm; Anders Backlund; Lars Bohlin; Kristín Ingólfsdóttir; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pharmacognosy; pharmacognosy; cytotoxicity; antitumour; Nuphar alkaloid; cyclotide; thionin; cardiac glycoside; Farmakognosi; Pharmacognosy; Farmakognosi;

   Abstract : The development of resistance by tumour cells to chemotherapeutic agents is a major problem in cancer treatments. One way to counter this is to find compounds with cytotoxic mechanisms other than those of drugs in clinical use today. READ MORE

6. 4. Studies on Cytotoxic and Neutrophil Challenging Polypeptides and Cardiac Glycosides of Plant Origin

   Author : Senia Johansson; Tore Mellstrand; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pharmaceutical chemistry; cytotoxic; neutrophil; polypeptides; Phoradendron tomentosum; Digitalis purpurea; plant; mistletoe; MS MS; Edman degradation; breast cancer; macrocyclic peptides; multidrug resistance protein; primary structures; phoratoxin; isolation; digitoxin; cardiac lycoside; structure-activity; Farmaceutisk kemi; Pharmaceutical chemistry; Farmaceutisk kemi; Pharmacognosy; farmakognosi;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the isolation and characterisation (biological and chemical) of polypeptides from plants. A fractionation protocol was developed and applied on 100 plant materials with the aim of isolating highly purified polypeptide fractions from small amounts of plant materials. READ MORE

7. 5. Oxidative stress and calcium signalling : implications for diabetes and cardiac glycosides

   Author : Mark Lal; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Calcium; diabetes; Na; K-ATPase; ouabain; oxidative stress;

   Abstract : The signal transduction processes by which an individual cell is able to recognize and respond to its external environment are critical to determining its survival as well as that of the entire organism. In the current study we have investigated the intracellular signalling cascades activated downstream of two separate stimuli: the diabetic milieu and the cardiac glycoside, ouabain. READ MORE