Ascitic and solid Ehrlich tumor inhibition by Chenopodium ambrosioides L. treatment

Life Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2650-2653

  Nascimento, Flávia R F ^a   Cruz, Gustavo V B ^a   Pereira, Paulo Vitor S ^a   Maciel, Márcia C G ^a   Silva, Lucilene A ^a   Azevedo, Ana Paula S ^a   Barroqueiro, Elizabeth S B ^a   Guerra, Rosane N M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chenopodium ambrosioides; Ehrlich tumor; Mastruz

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CELL COUNT; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; FOOT PAD; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG SCREENING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AMARANTHACEAE; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LONGEVITY; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33646693849     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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