Antimitogenic effect of Larrea divaricata Cav.: Participation in arachidonate metabolism

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-252

  Anesini, Claudia ^a   Genaro, Ana ^a   Cremaschi, Graciela ^a   Sterin Borda, Leonor ^a   Borda, Enri ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antitumoral activity; BW 5147 cells; Cell viability; Con A; Larrea divaricata Cav.; Leukotrienes; Lymphoma; NDGA; Zygophyllaceae

Indexed keywords

LARREA DIVARICATA EXTRACT; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; THYMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CELL DIVISION; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DITHIZONE; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MICE; NORDIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT LECTINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032933613     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)10114-7     Document Type: Article

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