Ethnobotanical survey and cytotoxicity testing of plants of South-western Nigeria used to treat cancer, with isolation of cytotoxic constituents from Cajanus cajan Millsp. leaves

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 501-512

  Ashidi, J S ^a,b   Houghton, P J ^a   Hylands, P J ^a   Efferth, T ^c,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cajanus cajan; Cancer; Cytotoxicity; Ethnobotanical survey; SRB assay; Stilbenes; XTT assay

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYRIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HEXADECANOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; LONGISTYLIN A; LONGISTYLIN B; PIGEONPEA EXTRACT; PINOSTROBIN; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINDA LUCIDA; NIGERIA; NYMPHAEA LOTUS; PIGEONPEA; PLANT LEAF; PYCNANTHUS ANGOLENSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

CAJANUS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FLAVANONES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NIGERIA; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SITOSTEROLS;

ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM; CAJANUS CAJAN; MORINDA LUCIDA; NYMPHAEA LOTUS; PYCNANTHUS ANGOLENSIS;

EID: 77649178744     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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