Comparison of the antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of phyllanthus virgatus and phyllanthus amarus extracts

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-29

  Poompachee, Kanchana ^a   Chudapongse, Nuannoi ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cytotoxicity; HepG2; Oxygen consumption; Phyllanthus amarus; Phyllanthus virgatus

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; LINOLEIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS VIRGATUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PHYLLANTHUS VIRGATUS;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CYTOTOXINS; FREE RADICALS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MITOCHONDRIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 82955162732     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331596     Document Type: Article

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