Cytotoxicity of some Cameroonian spices and selected medicinal plant extracts

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 803-812

  Kuete, Victor ^a,b   Krusche, Benjamin ^b   Youns, Mahmoud ^b   Voukeng, Igor ^a   Fankam, Aimé G ^a   Tankeo, Simplice ^a   Lacmata, Stephen ^a   Efferth, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cameroon; Cytotoxicity; Extracts; Spices

Indexed keywords

DORSTENIA PSILIRUS EXTRACT; ECHINOPS GIGANTEUS EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA EXTRACT; PIPER CAPENSE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSTENIA PSILIRUS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ECHINOPS GIGANTEUS; EMBRYO; GINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PIPER CAPENSE; SPICE; XYLOPIA; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CAMEROON; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPICES;

DORSTENIA; ECHINOPS GIGANTEUS; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; PHASIANIDAE; PIPER CAPENSE; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA;

EID: 79954415842     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.01.035     Document Type: Article

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