Cytotoxicity of hydro-alcoholic extracts of Cucurbita pepo and Solanum nigrum on HepG2 and CT26 cancer cell lines

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 176-179

  Shokrzadeh, M ^a   Azadbakht, M ^b   Ahangar, N ^a   Hashemi, A ^b   Saeedi Saravi, S S ^b  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cell lines; colonogenic assay; Cucurbita pepo; cytotoxicity; Solanum nigrum

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CISPLATIN; CUCURBITA PEPO EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SOLANUM NIGRUM EXTRACT; TAXUS BACCATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ASSAY; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; SOLANUM NIGRUM; SQUASH; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 78049401745     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.66931     Document Type: Article

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