Evaluation of the in vitro anticancer, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of some Yemeni plants used in folk medicine

Pharmazie

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 260-268

  Mothana, Ramzi ^a   Gruenert, R ^b   Bednarski, P J ^b   Lindequist, U ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARDENOLIDE DERIVATIVE; CENTAUROTHAMUS MAXIMUS EXTRACT; COSTUS ARABICUS EXTRACT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS EXTRACT; DICHROCEPHALA INTEGRIFOLIA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA SCHIMPERI EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GOMPHOCARPUS FRUTICOSUS EXTRACT; IRIDOID; KANAHIA LANIFLORA EXTRACT; MERIANDERA BENGHALENSIS EXTRACT; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; PULICARIA INULOIDES EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE DERIVATIVE; SOLANUM GLABRATUM EXTRACT; STEROID; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TARCONANTHUS CAMPHORATUS EXTRACT; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERNONIA LEOPOLDII EXTRACT; 2,2-DIPHENYL-1-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PICRIC ACID; SCAVENGER;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CENTAUROTHAMUS MAXIMUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTUS; COSTUS ARABICUS; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; DICHROCEPHALA INTEGRIFOLIA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA SCHIMPERI; FUNGAL STRAIN; GOMPHOCARPUS FRUTICOSUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HERB; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KANAHIA LANIFLORA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MERIANDERA BENGHALENSIS; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PULICARIA; PULICARIA INULOIDES; SOLANUM; SOLANUM GLABRATUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TARCONANTHUS CAMPHORATUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VERNONIA; VERNONIA LEOPOLDII; YEMEN; BACTERIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; BACTERIA; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FUNGI; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YEMEN;

EID: 66449093504     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2009.8789     Document Type: Article

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