Active principle from Moringa oleifera Lam leaves effective against two leukemias and a hepatocarcinoma

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 49, 2010, Pages 8467-8471

  Khalafalla, Mutasim M ^a   Abdellatef, Eltayb ^a   Dafalla, Hussain Mohammed ^a   Nassrallah, Amr A ^b   Aboul Enein, Khalid M ^c   Lightfoot, David A ^d   El Deeb, Fadl E ^e   El Shemy, Hany A ^b  

^a Department of Medical Biotechnology   (Sudan)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Acute myeloid leukemia; Anti cancer; Hepatocarcinoma; Moringa oleifera

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PLANT LEAF; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

MORINGA; MORINGA OLEIFERA;

EID: 78650108931     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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