Cytotoxicity effects of Amoora rohituka and chittagonga on breast and pancreatic cancer cells

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Watkin, Kenneth L ^b,c   Chan, Leo L ^a   George, Sherine ^a   Ahmad, Irfan ^a   Gosangari, Saujanya L ^b   Abbasi, Atiya ^b   Cunningham, Brian T ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMOORA CHITTAGONGA EXTRACT; AMOORA ROHITUKA EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE; METHANOL; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMOORA CHITTAGONGA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APHANAMIXIS POLYSTACHYA; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PANCREAS CANCER; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 79959241785     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/860605     Document Type: Article

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