Potential cytotoxic activity of some Brazilian seaweeds on human melanoma cells

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-175

  Rocha, Fabíola Dutra ^a,b   Soares, Angélica Ribeiro ^b,c   Houghton, Peter John ^d   Pereira, Renato Crespo ^c   Kaplan, Maria Auxiliadora Coelho ^a   Teixeira, Valéria Laneuville ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b University of Gurupi UnirG   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Brazilian seaweeds; Cytotoxicity; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CAULERPA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; CAULERPIN; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SPATOGLOSSUM SCHROEDERI EXTRACT; STYPOPODIUM ZONALE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA; MELANOMA CELL; SEAWEED; SPATOGLOSSUM SCHROEDERI; STYPOPODIUM ZONALE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; MELANOMA; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEAWEED;

CAULERPA RACEMOSA; LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA; SPATOGLOSSUM SCHROEDERI; STYPOPODIUM ZONALE;

EID: 33846978776     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2038     Document Type: Article

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