Two-way efficacy of alcoholic turmeric extract: Stimulatory for murine lymphocytes and inhibitory for fibrosarcoma cells

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-224

  Chakravarty, Ashim K ^a   Yasmin, Hadida ^a   Das, Sanjib K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Curcumin; DNA synthesis; FACS; Fibrosarcoma inhibition; Lymphocyte stimulation; Turmeric; Viability

Indexed keywords

CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CURCUMA; CURCUMA LONGA; MURINAE;

EID: 10044242602     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200490514087     Document Type: Article

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