Cytotoxic Activity of the Seeds from Agrostemma githago var. githago

Planta Medica

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 921-925

  Hebestreit, Philipp ^a   Melzig, Matthias F ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrostemma githago L.; Agrostemmasaponin 1; Agrostin; Caryophyllaceae; Cytotoxicity; Membrane; Ribosome inactivating protein; Seeds

Indexed keywords

AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO EXTRACT; AGROSTEMMASAPONIN; AGROSTIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; LECTIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLANT SEED; RIBOSOME; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AGROSTEMMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS;

AGROSTEMMA GITHAGO; CARYOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 0346216104     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-45101     Document Type: Article

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