Cytotoxic potential of valerian constituents and valerian tinctures

Phytomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-225

  Bos, R ^a   Hendriks, H ^a   Scheffer, J J C ^b   Woerdenbag, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Baldrinals; Cytotoxicity; Human tumour cell lines; Tinctures; Valepotriates; Valerenic acids; Valeriana edulis; Valeriana officinalis; Valeriana wallichii

Indexed keywords

VALERIANA; VALERIANA EDULIS; VALERIANA JATAMANSI; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; VALERIANA WALLICHII;

EID: 0000307528     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(98)80032-9     Document Type: Article

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