Rosmarinus officinalis extract inhibits human melanoma cell growth

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1707-1710

  Russo, Alessandra ^a   Lombardo, Laura ^a   Troncoso, Nicolas ^b   Garbarino, Juan ^c   Cardile, Venera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Lo Vicuña and Cia   (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cancer cells; DNA damage; Melanoma; Nitric oxide; Rosmarinus officinalis L.

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; DNA; GENOMIC DNA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLASMID DNA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COLORING AGENT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLVENT; TETRAZOLIUM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLYL BLUE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME RELEASE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; ROSEMARY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLORING AGENTS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MELANOMA; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; ROSMARINUS; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 77649252973     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900401220     Document Type: Article

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