Discovery of new antitumoral and antibacterial drugs from brazilian plant extracts using high throughput screening

Clinics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 763-768

  Younes, Riad Naim ^a   Varella, Antonio Drauzio ^a   Suffredini, Ivana Barbosa ^a  

^a PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon rain forest, Atlantic forest; Biodiversity; Natural products; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 38549116135     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322007000600017     Document Type: Review

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