Screening of Latin American plants for cytotoxic activity

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-140

  Calderón, Ángela I ^a   Vázquez, Yelkaira ^a   Solís, Pablo N ^a   Caballero George, Catherine ^a   Zacchino, Susana ^b   Gimenez, Alberto ^c   Pinzón, Roberto ^d   Cáceres, Armando ^e   Tamayo, Giselle ^f,g   Correa, Mireya ^a,h   Gupta, Mahabir P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^h SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Blepharocalyx salicifolius; Cytotoxicity; Latin American biodiversity; Piper barbatum; Senna occidentalis; SRB assay; Thevetia ahouai

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; 2 FARNESYL 1,4 BENZOQUINONE; 2 FARNESYLHYDROQUINONE; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; BLEPHAROCALYX SALICIFOLIUS EXTRACT; BONELLIA NERVOSA EXTRACT; CHROMOLAENA LEIVENSIS EXTRACT; CORDIA CYLIDROSTACHYA EXTRACT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DICTYOCHROMENOL; ENTEROLOBIUM CONTORTISILIQUUM EXTRACT; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE; HYPERICUM ULIGINOSUM EXTRACT; LIPPIA CARDIOSTEGA EXTRACT; LIPPIA CARDIOSTEGIA EXTRACT; MELAMPODIUM DIVARICATUM EXTRACT; MONOCHAETUM MYRTOIDEUM EXTRACT; MYRICA PUBESCENS EXTRACT; PHYSALIS VISCOSA EXTRACT; PIPER BARBATUM EXTRACT; PIPER GLABRATUM EXTRACT; PIPER JACQUEMONTIANUM; PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; THEVETIA AHOUAI EXTRACT; TOVOMITA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; UNONOPSIS THEOBROMIFOLIA EXTRACT;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL CELL; ANNONACEAE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIOASSAY; BLEPHAROCALYX SALICIFOLIUS; BORAGINACEAE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FRACTIONATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GUTTIFERAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LATIN AMERICAN MEDICINE; LEGUME; LIPPIA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELASTOMATACEAE; MOUSE; MYRICACEAE; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSALIS; PIPERACEAE; RUBIACEAE; SENNA; THEVETIA; TILIACEAE; TOVOMITA LONGIFOLIA; VERBENACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

ANIMALIA; ANNONA MURICATA; ANNONACEAE; APOCYNACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BLEPHAROCALYX SALICIFOLIUS; BONELLIA NERVOSA; BORAGINACEAE; CHROMOLAENA; CLUSIACEAE; CORDIA; ENTEROLOBIUM CONTORTISILIQUUM; HYPERICUM; LIPPIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; MELAMPODIUM DIVARICATUM; MELASTOMATACEAE; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; MONOCHAETUM; MYRICA; MYRICACEAE; MYRTACEAE; PHYSALIS; PHYSALIS VISCOSA; PIPER; PIPER JACQUEMONTIANUM; PIPERACEAE; RUBIACEAE; SENNA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS; THEVETIA; THEVETIA AHOUAI; TOVOMITA LONGIFOLIA; UNONOPSIS; VERBENACEAE; ZYGOPHYLLACEAE;

EID: 33645060989     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600592285     Document Type: Article

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