Evaluation of northern Iran Mentha Pulegium L. cytotoxicity

Daru

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 106-110

  Shirazi, Farshad H ^a   Ahmadi, Neda ^a   Kamalinejad, Mohammad ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

A549; Cell culture; Cytotoxicity; Hela; Mentha pulegium; SKOV3

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; MENTHA PULEGIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLONOGENESIS; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IRAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA PULEGIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PLANT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 10044258488     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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