In vitro cytotoxicity of extracts from Brazilian Asteraceae

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 494-500

  Monks, Noel R ^a,c   Ferraz, Alexandre ^b   Bordignon, Sergio ^a   Machado, Katia R ^a   Lima, Martha F S ^a   Da Rocha, Adriana B ^a,b   Schwartsmann, Gilberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Brazil; Cytotoxic activity; In vitro screening; Rio Grande do Sul

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS CORIDIFOLIA; BACCHARIS OCHRACEA; BRAZIL; CANCER INHIBITION; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EUPATORIUM LAEVIGATUM; EUPATORIUM MACROCEPHALUM; EUPATORIUM PEDUNCULOSUM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MITOSIS INHIBITION; PLUCHEA SAGITTALIS; STENACHAENIUM RIEDELII; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUPATORIUM; PLUCHEA; PLUCHEA SAGITTALIS;

EID: 0038385357     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.40.7.494.14681     Document Type: Article

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