Flavonoids of Enhydra fluctuans exhibit anticancer activity against Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma in mice

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1239-1242

  Sannigrahi, Santanu ^a   Mazumder, Upal Kanti ^b   Mondal, Arijit ^b   Pal, Dilipkumar ^c   Mishra, Silpi Lipsa ^d   Roy, Souvik ^a  

^a NSHM Business School   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Institute of Foreign Trade and Management   (India)

^d S R College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Baicalein glycosides; Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma; Enhydra fluctuans

Indexed keywords

BAICALEIN 7 O DIGLUCOSIDE; BAICALEIN 7 O GLUCOSIDE; CATALASE; FLAVONOID; FLUOROURACIL; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; ENHYDRA FLUCTUANS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFESPAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; ANIMAL; ASTERACEAE; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ENHYDRA FLUCTUANS; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTERACEAE; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FLAVONOIDS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICE;

EID: 77956711172     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000500818     Document Type: Article

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