Cytotoxic effects of the Viscum album L. extract on ehrlich tumour cells in vivo

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1097-1103

  Ćebović, Tatyana ^a,d   Spasić, Slavica ^b   Popović, Mira ^c  

^a Institute of Physiology   (Serbia)

^b Faculty of Pharmacy   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^d Narodnog fronta 68   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Terpenes; Tumour necrosis; Viscum album extract

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; TERPENE; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CELL COUNT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; VISCUM ALBUM;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; VISCUM ALBUM;

ANIMALIA; MUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 50149089034     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2464     Document Type: Article

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