Ethnopharmacological review of traditional medicinal plants for anticancer activity

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 298-308

  Sakarkar, D M ^a   Deshmukh, V N ^a  

^a Sudhakarrao Naik Institute of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Cancer treatment; Herbal medicines; Medicinal herbs

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANANAS COMOSUS EXTRACT; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARCTIUM LAPPA EXTRACT; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; BETULA UTILIS EXTRACT; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS EXTRACT; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA EXTRACT; COLCHICUM LUTEUM EXTRACT; COMBRETUM CAFFRUM EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCINE MAX EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; GYROPHORA ESCULENTA EXTRACT; LENTINULA EDODES EXTRACT; LINUM USITATISSIMUM EXTRACT; OCHROSIA ELLIPTICA EXTRACT; PICRORRHIZA KURROA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALOE VERA; ANANAS COMOSUS; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANNONA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARCTIUM LAPPA; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; BETULA UTILIS; BILE DUCT CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BUCKWHEAT; CANCER PAIN; CANCER THERAPY; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHLORELLA PYRENOIDOSA; COLCHICUM LUTEUM; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOMA; COMBRETUM CAFFRUM; CURCUMA LONGA; DNA REPAIR; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EWING SARCOMA; GARLIC; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; GYROPHORA ESCULENTA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTESTINE CANCER; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LENTINULA EDODES; LEUKEMIA; LINSEED; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELANOMA; MENTHA; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; OCHROSIA ELLIPTICA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PICRORRHIZA KURROA; PODOPHYLLUM; PROSTATE CANCER; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOMA; SOYBEAN; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; TAXUS BACCATA; TAXUS BREVIFOLIA; TAXUS WALLICHIANA; TAXUS YUNNANENSIS; TEA; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; ZINGIBER OFFICINALIS;

EID: 79951569140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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