Anticancer research on Loranthaceae plants

Drugs of the Future

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 519-530

  Zee Cheng, Robert K Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CANCER RESEARCH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOPENIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0030812528     PISSN: 03778282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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