Possible anti-tumor promoting properties of bitter gourd and some Chinese vegetables

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 467, Issue , 1998, Pages 55-64

  Xue, Ying ^a   Song, Shu Hui ^a   Chen, Hang ^a  

^a BEIJING VEGETABLE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Anti tumor promoting activity; Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.); EBV assay; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; BRASSICACEAE; DIOSCOREA ALATA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; LAMIACEAE; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PERILLA;

EID: 0012612511     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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