Evaluation of potential carcinogenicity of steroidal alkaloids from Veratrum album L. by the DC polarography method

Neoplasma

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-247

  Vachalkova A ^a   Grancai D ^b   Nagy, M ^b   Novotny L ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic activity; DC polarography; Veratrum alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; STEROID; VERATRUM ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; DRUG ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; POLAROGRAPHY; VERATRUM;

EID: 0031739932     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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