Cytotoxicity of the Defensive Secretion from the Medicinal Insect Blaps rynchopetera

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 10
• Main Authors: Xiao, Huai, Dong, Jian-Wei, Zhou, Di-Jiao, Wu, Xiu-Mei, Luo, Jian-Rong, Zhang, Cheng-Gui, Guo, Na-Na, Li, Yue, Cai, Le, Ding, Zhong-Tao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 21.12.2017; MDPI
• Subjects: Alkenes - chemistry; Alkenes - pharmacology; Animals; Antineoplastic Agents - chemistry; Antineoplastic Agents - pharmacology; benzoquinones; Benzoquinones - chemistry; Benzoquinones - pharmacology; Blaps rynchopetera Fairmaire; Bodily Secretions - chemistry; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Survival; Coleoptera; Cyclohexenes - chemistry; Cyclohexenes - pharmacology; Cytotoxicity; Humans; hydroquinone; Hydroquinones - chemistry; Hydroquinones - pharmacology; Molecular Structure; the defensive secretion; Traditional medicine; Volatile Organic Compounds - chemistry; Volatile Organic Compounds - pharmacology; Blaps rynchopetera Fairmaire; the defensive secretion; benzoquinones; cytotoxicity; hydroquinone

Blaps rynchopetera Fairmaire has long been used as a folk medicine by the Yi and Bai ethnic groups in China to treat fever, cough, gastritis, boils, and tumors. In the present study, the cytotoxicity of the defensive secretion (TDS) of B. rynchopetera against AGS Caco-2, HepG2 U251 and Bel-7402 was...