Antitumor activity of Sansevieria roxburghiana rhizome against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in mice

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1337-1343

  Haldar, Pallab Kanti ^a   Kar, Biswakanth ^a   Bala, Asis ^a   Bhattacharya, Sanjib ^b   Mazumder, Upal Kanti ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Bengal School of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Antitumor; Ehrlich ascites carcinoma; sansevieria roxburghiana

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CATALASE; FLUOROURACIL; GLUTATHIONE; PLANT EXTRACT; SANSEVIERIA ROXBURGHIANA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LD 50; LIFESPAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RHIZOME; SANSEVIERIA; SANSEVIERIA ROXBURGHIANA; SURVIVAL TIME; TOXICITY TESTING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CATALASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHIZOME; SANSEVIERIA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGAVACEAE; MUS; SANSEVIERIA ROXBURGHIANA;

EID: 77957114438     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880201003792592     Document Type: Article

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