In vivo antitumoural activity and acute toxicity study of Larrea divaricata Cav. extract

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 521-523

  Anesini, Claudia ^a   Boccio, Jose ^a   Cremaschi, Graciela ^b   Genaro, Ana ^b   Zubillaga, Marcela ^a   Sterin Borda, Leonor ^b   Borda, Enri S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Antitumoural activity; Larrea divaricata Cav.

Indexed keywords

LARREA DIVARICATA EXTRACT; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SURVIVAL TIME;

LARREA DIVARICATA;

EID: 0030813768     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199711)11:7<521::AID-PTR138>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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