Cytotoxic evaluations of Iranian conifers on cancer ells

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-304

  Emami, Seyed Ahmad ^a   Sadeghi Aliabadi, Hojjat ^a   Saeidi, Morteza ^b   Jafarian, Abbas ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cupressus; Cytotoxicity; MTT assay; Platycladus; Taxus

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS EXTRACT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PLATYCLADUS ORIENTALIS EXTRACT; TAXUS BACCATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ASSAY; CELL STRAIN KB; CELL STRAIN MDA MB 468; CELL SURVIVAL; CONIFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FRUIT; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRAN; NONHUMAN; PLATYCLADUS ORIENTALIS; TAXUS BACCATA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; PLATYCLADUS; PLATYCLADUS ORIENTALIS; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 22644434681     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590951676     Document Type: Article

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