Antineoplastic and antiviral screening of pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Heliotropium subulatum

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 581-586

  Singh, B ^a   Sahu, P M ^a   Jain, S C ^a   Singh, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (India)

Author keywords

Antitumor; Antiviral; Callus culture; Cytotoxic activity; Heliotropium subulatum; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

7 ANGELOYLHELIOTRINE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROMETHANE; HELIOTRINE; HELIOTROPIUM SUBULATUM EXTRACT; HEXANE; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID; RETRONECINE; SUBULACINE; SUBULACINE N OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CHINESE HAMSTER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; HELIOTROPIUM SUBULATUM; HEMATOCRIT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; COXSACKIEVIRUS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; HELIOTROPIUM; HELIOTROPIUM SUBULATUM; MEASLES VIRUS; POLIOVIRUS;

EID: 0037001392     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.40.8.581.14659     Document Type: Article

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