Study of the anticancer potential of Yemeni plants used in folk medicine

Pharmazie

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-307

  Mothana, Ramzi A A ^a   Grunert R ^b   Lindequist, U ^b   Bednarski, P J ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA FRUTICOSA EXTRACT; BOSWELLIA AMMERO EXTRACT; BOSWELLIA ELONGATA EXTRACT; BUDDLEJJA POLYSTAYCHA EXTRACT; BUXUS HILDEBRANDTII EXTRACT; CLEOME SCHWEINFURTHII EXTRACT; CLEOME SOCOTRANA EXTRACT; COMMIPHORA PARVIFOLIA EXTRACT; CYSTOSTEMON SOCOTRANUS EXTRACT; DENDOSICYOS SOCOTRANA EXTRACT; DENDROSICYOS SOCOTRANA EXTRACT; DORSTENIA GIGAS EXTRACT; DRACENA CINNABARI EXTRACT; EURYOPS ARABICUS EXTRACT; EXACUM AFFINE EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JATROPHA UNICOSTATA EXTRACT; JATROPHA UNICOSTRATA EXTRACT; KALANCHOE FARINACEA EXTRACT; LINDENBERGIA INDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLLICHIA CAMPESTRIS EXTRACT; PULICARIA PROTOPUNICA EXTRACT; PULICARIA STEPHANOCARPA EXTRACT; PUNICA PROTOPUNICA EXTRACT; TRAGIA PUNGENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WITHANIA ADUNENSIS EXTRACT; WITHANINA ADUENSIS EXTRACT; WITHANINA RIEBECKII EXTRACT;

ACALYPHA FRUTICOSA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BOSWELLIA AMMERO; BOSWELLIA ELONGATA; BUDDLEJJA POLYSTAYCHA; BUXUS HILDEBRANDTII; CARPHALEA OBOVATA; CLEOME SCHWEINFURTHII; CLEOME SOCOTRANA; COMMIPHORA PARVIFOLIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSTEMON SOCOTRANUS; DENDROSICYOS SOCOTRANA; DORSTENIA GIGAS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRACENA CINNABARI; DRUG ISOLATION; EURYOPS ARABICUS; EXACUM AFFINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JATROPHA UNICOSTATA; KALANCHOE FARINACEA; LINDENBERGIA INDICA; MEDICINAL PLANT; POLLICHIA CAMPESTRIS; PULICARIA PROTOPUNICA; PULICARIA STEPHANOCARPA; PUNICA PROTOPUNICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAGIA PUNGENS; WITHANIA ADUNENSIS; WITHANINA ADUENSIS; WITHANINA RIEBECKII;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YEMEN;

EID: 34247124728     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2007.4.6696     Document Type: Article

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