Cytotoxic activity of medicinal plants used in Iranian traditional medicine on two strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 162-164

  Shahidi, Gholani Hosein ^a   Moein, Mahmood Reza ^b   Foroumadi, Ali Reza ^c   Rokhbakhsh Zamin, Farokh ^d  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic; Medicinal Plants; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Screening; Topoisomerase I

Indexed keywords

BUNIUM PERSICUM EXTRACT; CAMPTOTHECIN; DOREMA AMMONIACUM EXTRACT; ILLICIUM VERUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; AMMONIAC PLANT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BUNIUM PERSICUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; FUNGAL STRAIN; HERBAL MEDICINE; ILLICIUM VERUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0038286320     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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