Anti-proliferative activities of 32 Malaysian plant species in breast cancer cell LINES

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-81

  Nurhanan, M Y ^a   Asiah, O ^a   Mohd Ilham, M A ^a   Siti Syarifah, M M ^a   Norhayati, I ^a   Lili Sahira, H ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Active plant extracts; Forest reserves; MCF 7 and T47D cells; Pahang

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; DRUG PRODUCTS; TUMORS;

ACTIVE PLANT EXTRACTS; FOREST RESERVES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOASSAY; CANCER; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANT EXTRACT; RAINFOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 43049104684     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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