Ethnopharmacological relevance: PhysalinAisabioactivewithanolideisolatedfromnaturalplant Physalis
alkekengi L. var. franchetii (Mast.) Makino,atraditionalChineseherbalmedicinenamedJindenglong
which haslongbeenusedforthetreatmentofcough,sorethroat,hepatitis,eczema,dysuriaandtumors
in China.
Aim ofthestudy: Based onthepreviousstudythatphysalinAinducedcytotoxiceffectinhuman
melanoma A375-S2cells,thisstudywasdesignedtofurtherillustratethemolecularmechanisms
underlying.