Potent cytotoxic activity of Saururus cernuus extract on human colon and breast carcinoma cultures under normoxic conditions

Anticancer Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1 A, 2007, Pages 189-194

  Badisa, Ramesh B ^a   Badisa, Veera L D ^a   Walker, Evan H ^b   Latinwo, Lekan M ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Walker Cancer Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Brine shrimp larvae; Human cancer cell lines; Hypoxia; Normoxia; Saururus cernuus

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAURURUS CERNUUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAURURACEAE; SHRIMP;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SAURURACEAE;

EID: 33847661039     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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