Cytotoxic potential of the preparations from Solanum trilobatum and the effect of sobatum on tumour reduction in mice

Cancer Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 71-76

  Mohanan, P V ^a   Devi, K S ^b  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Dalton's lymphoma ascites (DLA); Ehrlich ascites (EA); L929; Sobatum; Tissue culture; Tumour; Vero

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; CHLOROFORM; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ETHER; PETROLEUM; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; SOBATUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL STRAIN L 929; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CYTOTOXICITY; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR CELL; LD 50; LIFESPAN; LYMPHOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM TRILOBATUM;

EID: 0030596161     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(96)04463-1     Document Type: Article

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