Cytotoxicity screening of Bangladeshi medicinal plant extracts on pancreatic cancer cells

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  George, Sherine ^a   Bhalerao, Siddharth V ^a   Lidstone, Erich A ^a   Ahmad, Irfan S ^a,b   Abbasi, Atiya ^c   Cunningham, Brian T ^a   Watkin, Kenneth L ^a,b  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGLAIA ROXBURGHIANA EXTRACT; ALTERNANTHERA SESSILIS EXTRACT; AMOORA CHITTAGONGA EXTRACT; AMOORA ROHITUKA EXTRACT; ANISOPTERA GLABRA EXTRACT; ANOGEISSUS LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BRUNFELSIA AMERICANA EXTRACT; BRUNFELSIA LATIFOLIA EXTRACT; BUCHANANIA LANZEN EXTRACT; BURSERA SERRATA EXTRACT; CHUKRASIA TABULARIS EXTRACT; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; CITRUS HYSTRIX EXTRACT; COMBRETUM COCCINEUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM GRANDIFLORUM EXTRACT; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA EXTRACT; ERIOGLOSSUM EDULE EXTRACT; FICUS INDICA EXTRACT; GARUGA PINNATA EXTRACT; INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA EXTRACT; LANNEA COROMANDELICA EXTRACT; NEPHELIUM LITCHI EXTRACT; NEPHELIUM LONGAN EXTRACT; PESPRUM NOCTURNUM EXTRACT; PETUNIA MELEAGRIS EXTRACT; PETUNIA PHOENICEA EXTRACT; PETUNIA PUNCTATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; CASPASE 3;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANACARDIACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BANGLADESH; BURSERACEAE; CANCER CELL; COLORIMETRY; COMBRETACEAE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DIPTEROCARPACEAE; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUPHORBIA; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LEGUME; MELIACEAE; MORACEAE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; RUTACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; ADENOCARCINOMA; DRUG EFFECT; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; PANCREAS TUMOR; PHYTOTHERAPY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANGIOSPERMS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BANGLADESH; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 77957747734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-52     Document Type: Article

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