The cytotoxic effect of two chemotypes of essential oils from the fruits of Angelica archangelica L

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3 B, 2005, Pages 1877-1880

  Sigurdsson, Steinthor ^a   Ögmundsdottir, Helga M ^b   Gudbjarnason, Sigmundur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC CANCER SOCIETY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

phellandrene; A. Archangelica; Crl; Cytotoxicity; Essential oils

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYLTHIAZOL 2 YL) 5 (3 CARBOXYMETHOXYPHENYL) 2 (4 SULFOPHENYL) 2H TETRAZOLIUM; ALPHA PHELLANDRENE; ALPHA ZINGIBERENE; ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA EXTRACT; ANGELICA EXTRACT; BETA PHELLANDRENE; BETA SEQUIPHELLANDRENE; BICYCLOELEMENE; BICYCLOGERMACRENE; COPAENE; CURCUMIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA ELEMENE; GERMACRENE B; LIMONENE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; MYRCENE; PINENE; SABINENE; SPATHULENOL; TETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA; ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ICELAND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

ANGELICA ARCHANGELICA; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLOHEXENES; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FRUIT; HUMANS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 21344473417     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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