Potential anticancer activity against human epithelial cancer cells of Peumus boldus leaf extract

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2095-2098

  Garbarino, Juan ^a   Troncoso, Nicolas ^b   Frasca, Giuseppina ^c   Cardile, Venera ^c   Russo, Alessandra ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b Lo Vicuña and Cia   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell growth; DNA fragmentation; DU 145 cells; KB cells; LDH release; Peumus boldus Molina

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DOXORUBICIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PEUMUS BOLDUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME RELEASE; EXPERIMENT; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PEUMUS BOLDUS; PLANT LEAF; PROSTATE CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

MONIMIACEAE; PEUMUS BOLDUS;

EID: 77954091340     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800301229     Document Type: Article

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