Cytotoxicity of plants from Malaysia and Thailand used traditionally to treat cancer

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-243

  Lee, C C ^a   Houghton, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 Acetoxychavicol acetate; Alpinia galanga; Alpinia officinarum; Cayratia japonica; Cytotoxicity; Physalis minima; SRB assay; Tabernaemontana divaricata

Indexed keywords

1' ACETOXYCHAVICOL ACETATE; 4 COUMAROYL DIACETATE; 4 HYDROXYCINNAMOYLALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALPINIA GALANGA EXTRACT; ALPINIA OFFICINARUM EXTRACT; CAYRATIA JAPONICA EXTRACT; PHYSALIN B; PHYSALIN F; PHYSALIS MINIMA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPINIA; ALPINIA GALANGA; ALPINIA OFFICINARUM; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CAYRATIA JAPONICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LUNG CANCER; MALAYSIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYSALIS; PHYSALIS MINIMA; TABERNAEMONTANA; TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA; THAILAND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALAYSIA; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RHODAMINES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THAILAND;

ALPINIA; ALPINIA GALANGA; ALPINIA OFFICINARUM; CAYRATIA; CAYRATIA JAPONICA; PHYSALIS MINIMA; TABERNAEMONTANA DIVARICATA;

EID: 23944478928     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.01.064     Document Type: Article

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