Antitumoral and Antimicrobial Activities of Bitter Sesquiterpene Lactones ofVernonia amygdalina, a Possible Medicinal Plant Used by Wild Chimpanzees

Journal Article Antitumoral and Antimicrobial Activities of Bitter Sesquiterpene Lactones of Vernonia amygdalina, a Possible Medicinal Plant Used by Wild Chimpanzees Get access Mitsuo Jisaka, Mitsuo Jisaka Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan Present address: Department of Bioresources Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Shimane University, Matsue 1060, Japan. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Hajime Ohigashi, Hajime Ohigashi Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kazunori Takegawa, Kazunori Takegawa Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael A Huffman, Michael A Huffman Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, JapanDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Koichi Koshimizu Koichi Koshimizu Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan To whom correspondence should be addressed. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, Volume 57, Issue 5, 1 January 1993, Pages 833–834, https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.57.833 Published: 01 January 1993 Article history Received: 10 August 1992 Published: 01 January 1993