Cytotoxicity activity of extracts and compounds from Commiphora myrrha resin against human gynecologic cancer cells

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1382-1389

  Su, Shulan ^a   Wang, Tuanjie ^b   Chen, Ting ^b   Duan, Jin ao ^a   Yu, Li ^a   Tang, Yuping ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Commiphora myrrha; Cytotoxicity activity; Human gynecologic cancer cell lines

Indexed keywords

COMMIPHORA MYRRHA EXTRACT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA MYRRHA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; OVARY CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA HABESSINICA; MYRRHA;

EID: 79957721933     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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