Some medicinal plants as natural anticancer agents

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 259-263

  Pandey, Govind ^a   Madhuri, S ^b  

^a Jabalpur Division   (India)

^b Department of Zoology and Biotechnology   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cancer; Medicinal plants; Natural anticancer agents

Indexed keywords

ACRORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; AGRIMONIA PILOSA EXTRACT; ALPHITONIA ZIZPHOIDES EXTRACT; ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS EXTRACT; AMORPHOPHALLUS COMPANULATUS EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; AVICENNIA ALBA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BRUGUIERA EXARISTATA EXTRACT; BRUGUIERA PAVIFLORA EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA BONDUC EXTRACT; CAJANUS CAJAN EXTRACT; CALOPHYLLUM INOPHYLLUM EXTRACT; CASSIA EXTRACT; CAYRATIA CARNOSA EXTRACT; CEIBA PENTANDRA EXTRACT; CISSUS QUADRANGULARIS EXTRACT; CITRUS LIMON EXTRACT; CYSAS RUMPHII EXTRACT; DECASPERMUM FRUCTICOSUM EXTRACT; EQUISETUM BYEMALE; EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLATA EXTRACT; GERANIUM ROBERTIANUM EXTRACT; GLYCERRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; IPOMOEA BATATAS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; INFECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PRODUCT; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW;

EID: 77953437182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09737847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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