Anti-tumor activities of analogues derived from the bioactive compound of zingiber zerumbet

International Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 154-159

  Wahab, S I A ^a   Abdul, A B ^a   Yeel, H C ^a   Alzubain, A S ^a,b   Elhassan, M M ^a   Syam, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Analogues; Human cervical cancer cell line; Zerumbone

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053190512     PISSN: 18119727     EISSN: 18119735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijcr.2008.154.159     Document Type: Article

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