Antitumor and antibacterial activity of four fractions from Heracleum persicum Desf. and Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2176-2180

  Noudeh, Golamreza Dehghan ^a   Sharififar, Fariba ^b   Noodeh, Ali Dehghan ^c   Moshafi, Mohammad Hassan ^b   Afzadi, Masoud Ahmadi ^a   Behravan, Effat ^d   Aref, Mehdi ^c   Sakhtianchi, Ramin ^d  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Cinnamomum zeylanicum, essential oil; Crown gall; Heracleum persicum

Indexed keywords

CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; HERACLEUM PERSICUM EXTRACT; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN GALL; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HERACLEUM; HERACLEUM PERSICUM; IC 50; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POTATO; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARTEMIA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; HERACLEUM PERSICUM; NEGIBACTERIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 78650568913     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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