Effect of glycyrrhizin and its diastereoisomers on the growth of human tumour cells: Preliminary findings

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Malagoli, Monica ^a   Castelli, Mario ^a   Baggio, Andrea ^a   Cermelli, Claudio ^a   Garuti, Laura ^b   Rossi, Tiziana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

18 glycyrrhetinic acid; 18 glycyrrhetinic acid; Cells; Glycyrrhizin; Leukaemia; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; DAUNORUBICIN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; TRITERPENOID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ASCITES TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOMA CELL; MELANOMA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0031706269     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(1998)12:1+3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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