Bioassay screening of the essential oil and various extracts of fruits of Heracleum persicum desf. and rhizomes of Zingiber officinale rosc. using brine shrimp cytotoxicity assay

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-63

  Moshafi, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Sharififar, Fariba ^b   Dehghan, Gholam Reza ^a   Ameri, Alieh ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artemia salina; Bioassay; Cytotoxicity; Heracleum persicum; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; ESSENTIAL OIL; ETHER; GINGER EXTRACT; HERACLEUM PERSICUM EXTRACT; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISK DIFFUSION; FRUIT; HERACLEUM; HERACLEUM PERSICUM; LC 50; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT;

EID: 67649088317     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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