Cytotoxic effects of the extracts of Iranian Taxus baccata and Cupressus horizentalis on cancer cells

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-110

  Sadeghi Aliabadi, Hojjat ^a   Emami, Seyed Ahmad ^b   Saeidi, Morteza ^a   Jafarian, Abbas ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer cells; Cupressus horizentalis; Cytotoxicity; Taxus baccata

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249123238     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22037/IJPR.2010.21     Document Type: Article

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