Review Article

Polymorphic Nucleic Acid Binding of Bioactive Isoquinoline Alkaloids and Their Role in Cancer

Figure 3

(a) The thermal melting profile of poly(dT) poly(dA)xpoly(dT) triplex (-•-) and its complex with berberine at alkaloid/DNA ratio of 0.1 (-O-) and 0.3 (--). (b) Circular dichroic spectrum ( 1 ) of the same triplex (48.8  𝜇 M) with increasing concentrations up to (31.05  𝜇 M) of berberine ( 9 ). Reprinted in part from Das et al. [48] with permission from 2003 Adenine Press.
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