Evaluation of native and exotic Brazilian plants for anticancer activity

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-238

  Dos Santos Jr , Helvécio Martins ^a   Oliveira, Denilson Ferreira ^a   De Carvalho, Douglas Antônio ^a   Pinto, Joyce Mendes Andrade ^a   Campos, Viviane Aparecida Costa ^a   Mourão, Ana Raquel Braga ^b   Pessoa, Cláudia ^b   De Moraes, Manoel Odorico ^b   Costa Lotufo, Letícia Veras ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Brazilian plants; Brine shrimp; Cancer cell lines; Mouse erythrocytes; Sea urchin embryos

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COPAIFERA LANGSDORFFII EXTRACT; LANTANA FUCATA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BRAZIL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELASTRACEAE; COPAIFERA LANGSDORFFII; CUCUMBER; ERYTHROCYTE; GUTTIFERAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LANTANA FUCATA; LEGUME; LYTHRACEAE; MALPIGHIACEAE; MENISPERMACEAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONAGRACEAE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PAPAVERACEAE; POACEAE; ROSACEAE; RUBIACEAE; RUTACEAE; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SEA URCHIN; URTICACEAE; VERBENACEAE; ZINGIBERACEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ARTEMIA; BRAZIL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 77953622698     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-010-0390-0     Document Type: Article

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