Inhibition of Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma by ethyl acetate extract from the flower of Calotropis gigantea L. in mice

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Habib, Muhammad Rowshanul ^a   Aziz, Muhammad Abdul ^a   Karim, Muhammad Rezaul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Calotropis gigantea; Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma; Flower and swiss mice

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BLEOMYCIN; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA EXTRACT; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; FEMALE; FLOWER; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

APOCYNACEAE; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; MUS;

EID: 75649104682     PISSN: 1214021X     EISSN: 12140287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10136-009-0007-7     Document Type: Article

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