Identification of phenolic compounds from medicinal and melliferous plants and their cytotoxic activity in cancer cells

Caryologia

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 90-95

  Daniela, Alesiani ^a   Pichichero, Elena ^a   Canuti, Lorena ^a   Cicconi, Rosella ^a   Canini, Antonella ^a   Karou, Damintoti ^b   D’Arcangelo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Laboratoire de Biologie Medicale Saint Camille de Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic activity; Phenolic compounds; Phytochemical analysis; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA SATIVA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; MALVA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; MURINAE; SIDA ACUTA;

EID: 65449186329     PISSN: 00087114     EISSN: 21655391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00087114.2007.10589552     Document Type: Article

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