Hee-Juhn Park

ORCID: 0000-0003-4328-9038 · 1 paper in corpus

article 2011

Costunolide Induces Apoptosis in Human Endometriotic Cells through Inhibition of the Prosurvival Akt and Nuclear Factor Kappa B Signaling Pathway

Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin ·doi:10.1248/bpb.34.580

Endometriosis, a disease affecting 5-15% of women of reproductive age, is characterized by the ectopic growth of endometrial tissue. Costunolide, a sesquiterpene lactone, has anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic activities that may be effic…