Antitumor and Antiviral Activity of Colombian Medicinal Plant Extracts

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-535

  Betancur Galvis, L A ^a   Saez, J ^b   Granados, H ^b   Salazar, A ^b   Ossa, J E ^a  

^a Facultad de Medicina   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Citotoxicity; Colorimetric assay; Ethnobotany; Herpes simplex virus; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANNONA; ANNONA MURICATA; BETA VULGARIS; CALLISIA; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; ROLLINIA; ROLLINIA MEMBRANACEA; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; MEDICINAL PLANT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COLOMBIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0033159403     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000400019     Document Type: Article

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