Antimelanoma and radioprotective activity of alcoholic aqueous extract of different species of Ocimum in C57BL mice

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 428-436

  Monga, Jitender ^a   Sharma, Manu ^b   Tailor, Naveen ^b   Ganesh, Narayan ^a  

^a Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital & Research Centre Bhopal   (India)

^b JAYPEE UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

B16F10; chromosomal aberration; metastatic melanoma; reduced glutathione

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; OCIMUM CANUM EXTRACT; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; OCIMUM KILIMANDSCHARICUM EXTRACT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA RADIATION; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION PROTECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OCIMUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SURVIVAL; TUMOR BURDEN;

ANIMALIA; MUS; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM CANUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; OCIMUM KILIMANDSCHARICUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM;

EID: 79953123633     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2010.521513     Document Type: Article

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