Antitumor activity of the aqueous-alcoholic extracts from unripe cotton ball of Gossypium indicum

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 266-272

  Choi, Jung Jin ^a   Yoon, Keum Na ^a   Lee, Seung Ki ^b   Lee, Yong Hee ^b   Park, Jeong Hill ^b   Kim, Wang Yu ^b   Kim, Joon Kyum ^c   Kim, Won Ki ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Chong Kun Dang Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anticancer activity; Apoptosis; B16 melanoma; Cotton ball; Gossypium indicum; L1210 leukemia; Necrosis; Thymocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COLORING AGENT; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRYPAN BLUE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COTTON; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LD 50; LEUKEMIA L 1210; MOUSE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; COLORING AGENTS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; GOSSYPIUM; LETHAL DOSE 50; LEUKEMIA L1210; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLANT EXTRACTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRYPAN BLUE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032082146     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02975286     Document Type: Article

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