Evaluation of anticancer activity of Lagenaria siceraria aerial parts

International Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-253

  Saha, P ^a,b   Kundu Sen, S ^a   Bala, A ^a   Mazumder, U K ^a   Haldar, P K ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Gurunanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antioxidant; Cucurbitaceae; EAC; L. siceraria

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL; LAGENARIA SICERARIA PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG RESPONSE; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INDIA; LAGENARIA SICERARIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 80051753291     PISSN: 18119727     EISSN: 18119735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijcr.2011.244.253     Document Type: Article

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