Willow leaves' extracts contain anti-tumor agents effective against three cell types

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  El Shemy, Hany A ^a,c   Aboul Enein, Ahmed M ^a   Aboul Enein, Khalid Mostafa ^b   Fujita, Kounosuke ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALIX EXTRACT; SALIX SAFSAF EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SALICIN; SALIGENIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SALIX SAFSAF; SWISS WEBSTER MOUSE; WILLOW; ANIMAL; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MUS; SALICACEAE; SALIX; SALIX SAFSAF;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SALIX;

EID: 55249125752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000178     Document Type: Article

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