Meanings
adjectivepennogenyl (not comparable)
- not comparableRelated to, or derived from pennogenin.
These species contain mainly pennogenyl and diosgenyl glycosides [2 ] which are physiologically active compounds [3, 4 ] and play an important role in the treatment of neoplasms, hemostatic disturbances, inflammation and fungal infection [5 –7 ].
2015 August 22, “Pennogenyl Saponins from Paris quadrifolia L. Induce Extrinsic and Intrinsic Pathway of Apoptosis in Human Cervical Cancer HeLa Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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