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Anticancer activity of botanical alkyl hydroquinones attributed to topoisomerase II poisoning.

Inhibition of c-Jun N-terminal kinase sensitizes tumor cells to flavonoid-induced apoptosis through down-regulation of JunD

Spectroscopic studies of perturbed T1 Cu sites in the multicopper oxidases Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fet3p and Rhus vernicifera laccase: allosteric coupling between the T1 and trinuclear Cu sites.

The in vitro anti-plasmodial and in vivo anti-malarial efficacy of combinations of some medicinal plants used traditionally for treatment of malaria by the Meru community in Kenya.

Three new triterpenes from the roots of Rhus javanica L. var. roxburghiana.

Comparative population structure of Chinese sumac aphid Schlechtendalia chinensis and its primary host-plant Rhus chinensis.

Biological activities of extracts from sumac (Rhus spp.): a review.

Does Donglan lacquer tree belong to Rhus vernicifera species?

Analgesic, anti-inflammatory and hypoglycaemic effects of Rhus chirindensis (Baker F.) [Anacardiaceae] stem-bark aqueous extract in mice and rats.

The two oxidized forms of the trinuclear Cu cluster in the multicopper oxidases and mechanism for the decay of the native intermediate.

Inhibitory activity against tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) replication of pinoresinol and syringaresinol lignans and their glycosides from the root of Rhus javanica var. roxburghiana.

Caspase-independent death of human osteosarcoma cells by flavonoids is driven by p53-mediated mitochondrial stress and nuclear translocation of AIF and endonuclease G.

Butein suppresses bile acid-induced hepatocyte apoptosis through a JNK-dependent but ERK-independent pathway.

Protective effects of fustin, a flavonoid from Rhus verniciflua Stokes, on 6-hydroxydopamine-induced neuronal cell death.

Rhusemialins A-C, new cyclolignan esters from the roots of Rhus javanica var. roxburghiana.

Effect of compounds of Galla chinensis on remineralisation of initial enamel carious lesions in vitro.

In vivo study of the anti-inflammatory effect of Rhus toxicodendron

Phenolic-rich fraction from Rhus verniciflua Stokes (RVS) suppress inflammatory response via NF-kappaB and JNK pathway in lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages.

Enzymatic dehydrogenative polymerization of urushiols in fresh exudates from the lacquer tree, Rhus vernicifera DC.

A new benzofuranone and anti-HIV constituents from the stems of Rhus chinensis.