Low concentrations of the feverfew component parthenolide inhibit in vitro growth of tumor lines in a cytostatic fashion

Planta Medica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-129

  Ross, Jonathan J ^a   Arnason, J Thor ^a   Birnboim, H Chaim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Cell growth inhibition; Feverfew; MN 11 fibrosarcoma; Parthenolide; Tanacetum parthenium; TK6 cells

Indexed keywords

PARTHENOLIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL VIABILITY; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSTASIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; TANACETUM PARTHENIUM; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; MICE; SESQUITERPENES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032990502     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-13972     Document Type: Article

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