Effect of Alstonia scholaris in enhancing the anticancer activity of berberine in the Ehrlich ascites carcinoma-bearing mice

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-244

  Jagetia, Ganesh Chandra ^a   Baliga, Manjeshwar Shrinath ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Alstonia scholaris; Berberine chloride; Chemomodulation; Ehrlich ascites carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; BERBERINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALSTONIA; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BERBERINE; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ALSTONIA; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042751072     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1096620041224094     Document Type: Article

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