Cytotoxic effect of some Moroccan medicinal plant extracts on human cervical cell lines

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1045-1050

  Merghoub, Nawal ^a,b   Benbacer, Laïla ^a   Amzazi, Saaid ^b   Morjani, Hamid ^c   El Mzibri, Mohamed ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE L ENERGIE DES SCIENCES TECHNIQUES NUCLEAIRES   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles   (France)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer cells; Cytotoxic activity; Moroccan medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

BERBERIS HISPANICA EXTRACT; INULA VISCOSA EXTRACT; ORMENIS ERIOLEPIS EXTRACT; ORMENIS MIXTA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RETAMA MONOSPERMA EXTRACT; RHAMNUS LYCIOIDES EXTRACT; TETRAZOLIUM BLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URGINEA MARITIMA EXTRACT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BARK; BERBERIDACEAE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 18; INTERVIEW; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOROCCO; PLANT BULB; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RHAMNACEAE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BERBERIS; CHAMAEMELUM MIXTUM; DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; ORMENIS; RETAMA MONOSPERMA; RHAMNUS LYCIOIDES; URGINEA MARITIMA;

EID: 75649091124     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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