Biological screening of Amaranthus retroflexus L. (Amaranthaceae)

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 19, Issue 2 B, 2009, Pages 617-620

  Amoli, Jamileh Salar ^a   Sadighara, Parisa ^a   Barin, Abbas ^a   Yazdani, Azam ^a   Satari, Saeed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amaranthaceae; Amaranthus retroflexus; Brine shrimp lethality assay; MTT assay

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMARANTHACEAE; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; KIDNEY CELL; LD 50; NONHUMAN;

EID: 73849094789     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2009000400019     Document Type: Article

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