Indigofera suffruticosa: An alternative anticancer therapy

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-359

  Vieira, Jeymesson Raphael Cardoso ^a   De Souza, Ivone Antônia ^b   Do Nascimento, Silene Carneiro ^b   Leite, Sônia Pereira ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Histologia e Embriologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antitumor; Aqueous extract; Cytotoxicity; Indigofera suffruticosa; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

INDIGOFERA SUFFRUTICOSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIGOFERA; INDIGOFERA SUFFRUTICOSA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 52449118811     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel102     Document Type: Article

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