In vitro screening for anthelmintic and antitumour activity of ethnomedicinal plants from Thailand

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-482

  Atjanasuppat, Korakot ^a   Wongkham, Weerah ^a   Meepowpan, Puttinan ^a   Kittakoop, Prasat ^b   Sobhon, Prasert ^c   Bartlett, Ann ^d   Whitfield, Phil J ^d  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULABHORN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Thailand)

^c Mahidol University ^*  (Thailand)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic activity; Cytotoxicity; Inhibiting concentration; Selectivity index; Thai ethnomedicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BOUEA BURMANICA EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; METHANOL; MICHELIA CHAMPACA EXTRACT; PIPER CHABA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLUMBAGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; FIBROBLAST; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARAMPHISTOMUM EPICLITUM; PLUMBAGO INDICA; RHIZOME; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; THAILAND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MELANOMA; PARAMPHISTOMATIDAE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THAILAND; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

BOUEA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CURCUMA LONGA; MICHELIA CHAMPACA; PARAMPHISTOMUM EPICLITUM; PIPER CHABA; PLUMBAGO INDICA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 67349266695     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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