Isolation of aristolochic acid I and of a small amount of aristolochic acid D, 2 from
Aristolochia acuminata Lamarck and from Aristolochia multiflora DUCHARTRE.
The cytotoxicity of aristolochic acid on animal tumoral cells is found again in vitro
on vegetal cells, the tumoral cells of Crown–gall being the most sensitive to the
action of the acid.
Aristolochiaceae - Aristolochia acuminata - Aristolochia multiflora - Aristolochic
acid - Cytotoxicity