Brine shrimp bioassay of ethanol extracts of Sesuvium verrucosum, Salsola baryosma and Zygophyllum quatarense medicinal plants from Bahrain

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-50

  Taha, Ahmed ^a   Alsayed, Hashim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahraini medicinal plants; Brine shrimp; Cytotoxicity; Sesuvium verrucosum

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; SALSOLA BARYOSMA EXTRACT; SESUVIUM VERRUCOSUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYGOPHYLLUM QUATARENSE EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; LC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SHRIMP;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BAHRAIN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ETHANOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ANOSTRACA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SALSOLA; SALSOLA BARYOSMA; SESUVIUM VERRUCOSUM; ZYGOPHYLLUM; ZYGOPHYLLUM QUATARENSE;

EID: 0033961552     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(200002)14:1<48::AID-PTR536>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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