Cytotoxic activity of Pereskia bleo (Cactaceae) against selected human cell lines

International Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-27

  Malek, Sri Nurestri Abd ^a   Wahab, Norhanom Abdul ^b   Yaacob, Hashim ^b   Shin, Sim Kae ^a   Lai, Hong Sok ^a   Serm, Lee Guan ^a   Rahman, Syarifah N S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic activity; Pereskia bleo

Indexed keywords

2,4 DI(TERT BUTYL)PHENOL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DOXORUBICIN; HEXANE; PERESKIA BLEO EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CACTACEAE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PERESKIA BLEO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 37349091996     PISSN: 18119727     EISSN: 18119735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijcr.2008.20.27     Document Type: Article

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