Isolation and characterization of the antibreast carcinoma cell growth components of Vernonia amygdalina extracts

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 235, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1472-1478

  Luo, Xuan ^a   Oyugi, Daniel A ^b,c   Lin, Cuiwu ^d   Izevbigie, Ernest B ^b,e   Lee, Ken S ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e BENSON IDAHOSA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Active components; Anticancer; Chromatography; Steroid glucoside; Vernonia amygdalina

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA; DRUG VEHICLE; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTER CURRENT CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PURIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; SPECTROSCOPY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VERNONIA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; VERNONIA;

VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

EID: 78650045123     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2010.010124     Document Type: Article

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