Protective Effect of Astragalus corniculatus Saponins against Myeloid Graffi Tumour in Hamsters

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-257

  Krasteva, I N ^a   Toshkova, R A ^b   Nikolov, S D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Graffi tumour; Immunomodulation; Saponins

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS CORNICULATUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS CORNICULATUS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BONE MARROW TUMOR; CANCER GRAFT; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL TIME; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR MODEL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SAPONINS;

CRICETINAE;

EID: 2342473892     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1277     Document Type: Article

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