Antineoplastic alkaloids from Peganum harmala

Drugs of the Future

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1333-1337

  Wang, Xing Wang ^a   Xie, Hong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PEGANUM HARMALA EXTRACT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CONVULSION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0033384443     PISSN: 03778282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dof.1999.024.12.858634     Document Type: Review

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