Antitumor activity and antioxident role of Bauhinia racemosa against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in Swiss albino mice

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1070-1076

  Gupta, Malaya ^a   Mazumber, Upal Kanti ^a   Kumar, Ramanathan Sambath ^a   Kumar, Thangavel Siva ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic agents; Antioxidants; Bauhinia racemosa; Malondialdehyde

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CATALASE; ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BAUHINIA RACEMOSA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; HEMATOCRIT; LIFESPAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; ANIMAL; BAUHINIA; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; BAUHINIA; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 16544376655     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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