Anticancer compounds from tissue cultures of medicinal plants

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-102

  Roja, G ^a   Rao, P S ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer compounds; Medicinal plants; Tissue cultures

Indexed keywords

9 AMINOCAMPTOTHECIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BACCATIN III; CAMPTOTHECA ACUMINATA ECTRACT; CAMPTOTHECIN; ELLIPTICINE; ETOPOSIDE; IRINOTECAN; LURTOTECAN; MAYTANSINE; MAYTENUS BUCHANANII EXTRACT; OCHROSIA ELLIPTICA EXTRACT; PACLITAXEL; PLANT EXTRACT; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PUTTERLICKIA VERRUCOSA EXTRACT; RUBITECAN; TAXUS BACCATA EXTRACT; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA EXTRACT; TAXUS CANADENSIS EXTRACT; TAXUS CUSPIDATA EXTRACT; TAXUS MEDIA EXTRACT; TENIPOSIDE; TOPOTECAN; TRYPTERGIUM WILFORDII EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PODOPHYLLUM; REVIEW; TISSUE CULTURE;

CAMPTOTHECA ACUMINATA; CUSPIDATA; MAYTENUS; MAYTENUS BUCHANANII; OCHROSIA ELLIPTICA; PODOPHYLLUM; PUTTERLICKIA VERRUCOSA; TAXUS BACCATA; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA; TAXUS CANADENSIS; TAXUS CUSPIDATA; TAXUS X MEDIA; VERRUCOSA;

EID: 0033645636     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v07n02_08     Document Type: Article

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