Screening of traditionally used endemic soqotraen plants for cytotoxic activity

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 529-531

  Awadh Ali, Nasser A ^a,b   Ramzi, Mothana ^a   Ghaleb, Nasr Abdo ^a   Lindequist, Ulrike ^c  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADEN   (Yemen)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Fl cells; Soqotra

Indexed keywords

ACRIDOCARPUS SOCOTRANUS EXTRACT; BOSWELLIA SOCOTRANAO EXTRACT; CARALLUMA SOCOTRANA EXTRACT; CEPHALOCROTON SOCOTRANUS EXTRACT; COMMIPHORA ORNIFOLIA EXTRACT; DORSTENIA GIGAS EXTRACT; ETOPOSIDE; EUREIANDRA BALFOURII EXTRACT; LIMONIUM SOKOTRANUM EXTRACT; OCHRADENUS SOCOTRANUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACRIDOCARPUS SOCOTRANUS; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; BOSWELLIA; BOSWELLIA SOCOTRANAO; BURSERACEAE; CARALLUMA SOCOTRANA; CEPHALOCROTON SOCOTRANUS; COMMIPHORA ORNIFOLIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; CYTOTOXICITY; DORSTENIA GIGAS; DRUG SCREENING; EUPHORBIA; EUREIANDRA BALFOURII; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LIMONIUM SOKOTRANUM; MALPIGHIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; OCHRADENUS SOCOTRANUS; PLANT ROOT; PLUMBAGINACEAE; RESEDACEAE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; YEMEN;

EID: 34848823535     PISSN: 01896016     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v4i4.31247     Document Type: Article

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