Anticancer effects of various Iranian native medicinal plants on human tumor cell lines

Neoplasma

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 428-433

  Amirghofran, Z ^a,b   Bahmani, M ^a   Azadmehr, A ^a   Javidnia, K ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aapoptosis; Cytotoxic activity; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIRSIUM; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GALIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IRAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; STACHYS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EID: 33750709213     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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