The toxicity of extracts of plant parts of Moringa stenopetala in HEPG2 cells in vitro

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 870-875

  Mekonnen, Negussu ^a,c   Houghton, Peter ^b   Timbrell, John ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cultured hepatocytes; Cytotoxicity; Moringa stenopetala; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; GLUTATHIONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MORINGA STENOPETALA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINGA STENOPETALA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MORINGA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDS;

MORINGA STENOPETALA;

EID: 27944434718     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1720     Document Type: Article

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