Antioxidant activity and in vitro inhibition of tumor cell growth by leaf extracts from the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua)

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 721-728

  Custódio, Luísa ^a   Fernandes, Eliana ^a   Escapa, Ana Luisa ^a   López Avilés, Sandra ^b   Fajardo, Alba ^b   Aligué, Rosa ^b   Alberício, Fernando ^c   Romano, Anabela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Flavonoids; HeLa cells; Polyphenols; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; CERATONIA SILIQUA EXTRACT; LINOLEIC ACID; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGUME; PLANT LEAF; TREE; TUMOR CELL; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

CERATONIA SILIQUA; FABACEAE;

EID: 77149140167     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200902936891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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