Coumarin and its 4- and 7-substituted derivatives as retardants of mitoses in Allium root promeristem

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-113

  Keightley, A M ^a   Dobrzynska, M ^b   Podbielkowska, M ^b   Renke, K ^c   Zobel, A M ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allium; Coumarin; Methoxycoumarin; Methylcoumarin; Retardants

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544466709     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.34.2.105.13192     Document Type: Article

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