Anticancer and antiradical scavenging activity of Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 62-66

  Adebayo, A H ^a,b   Tan, N H ^a   Akindahunsi, A A ^c   Zeng, G Z ^a   Zhang, Y M ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ageratum conyzoides; Anticancer; Antiradical scavenging activity; Cytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; AGERATUM CONYZOIDES EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; KAEMPFEROL; PETROLEUM ETHER; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELL STRAIN HT29; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL; LIVER CARCINOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

EID: 77949473538     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.59968     Document Type: Article

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