Cytotoxic and antitumor activities of ethanolic extracts of salt marsh plants from the Lower Saxonian Wadden Sea, Southern North Sea

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-300

  Lellau, Thomas F ^a   Liebezeit, Gerd ^a,b  

^a Forschungszentrum Terramare   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Artemia assay; Biological screening; Cytotoxic activity; Daphnia assay; Potato disc assay; Salt marsh plants

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARTEMISIA MARITIMA EXTRACT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; LIMONIUM VULGARE EXTRACT; ONONIS SPINOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SALICORNIA EUROPAEA EXTRACT; TRIFOLIUM FRAGIFERUM EXTRACT; TRIFOLIUM REPENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA MARITIMA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLOVER; DAPHNIA; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIMONIUM; LIMONIUM VULGARE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; ONONIS; ONONIS SPINOSA; PLANT PRODUCT; POTATO DISK ASSAY; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA EUROPAEA; SALT MARSH; SEA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRIFOLIUM FRAGIFERUM; TUMOR GROWTH; WHITE CLOVER;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA MARITIMA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; LIMONIUM; LIMONIUM VULGARE; ONONIS; ONONIS SPINOSA; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA EUROPAEA; SALINA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM FRAGIFERUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0042388138     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.41.4.293.15668     Document Type: Article

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