Cytotoxicity of ethanolic extracts of artemisia annua to molt-4 human leukemia cells

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1788-1793

  Singh, Narendra P ^a   Ferreira, Jorge F S ^b   Park, Ji Sun ^a   Lai, Henry C ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidant; Artemisia annua; Asteraceae; ethanolic extracts; flavonoids; leukemia; MOLT 4; synergism

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; CAMPTOTHECIN; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; OXYGEN RADICAL;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; MOLT 4;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTEMISININS; BRAZIL; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LEUKOCYTES; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TIME FACTORS;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 80755153584     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1271157     Document Type: Article

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