Anticancer and anti-inflammatory activities of shallot (Allium ascalonicum) extract

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-44

  Mohammadi Motlagh, Hamid Reza ^a   Mostafaie, Ali ^a   Mansouri, Kamran ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Allium ascalonicum; Anti inflammatory; Anticancer; LDH assay

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; SHALLOT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHALLOT;

EID: 79952498463     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2011.20602     Document Type: Article

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