Effect of Picrorrhiza kurroa extract on transplanted tumours and chemical carcinogenesis in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 261-266

  Joy, K L ^a   Rajeshkumar, N V ^a   Kuttan, Girija ^a   Kuttan, Ramadasan ^a  

^a AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anti tumour drugs; Chemoprevention; Picrorrhiza kurroa; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PICRORRHIZA KURROA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCITES TUMOR; CANCER PREVENTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LYMPHOMA CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SARCOMA;

ANILINE HYDROXYLASE; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARCINOGENS; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDIA; MALE; METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; MICE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SARCOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033935159     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(00)00168-9     Document Type: Article

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