Antimicrobial and cytotoxic effects of Mexican medicinal plants

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1925-1928

  Jacobo Salcedo, Maria Del Rosario ^a   Alonso Castro, Angel Josabad ^b,c   Salazar Olivo, Luis A ^d   Carranza Alvarez, Candy ^e   Gonzaĺez Espińdola, Luis Ańgel ^a   Domińguez, Fabiola ^f   Maciel Torres, Sandra Patricia ^a   Garciá Lujan, Concepcioń ^a   Gonzaĺez Martińez, Marisela Del Rocio ^f   Goḿez Sańchez, Maricela ^g   Estrada Castilloń, Eduardo ^h   Zapata Bustos, Rocio ^d   Medellin Milań, Pedro ^e   Garciá Carrancá, Alejandro ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^f INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^h UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Cancer; Cytotoxic; Mexican medicinal plants; Multidrug resistance; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA EXTRACT; JUSTICIA SPICIGERA EXTRACT; NEOMYCIN; OPUNTIA JOCONOSTLE EXTRACT; OPUNTIA LEUCOTRICHA EXTRACT; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA EXTRACT; PENICILLIN G; PHORADENDRON LONGIFOLIUM EXTRACT; PHORADENDRON SEROTINUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PSITTACANTHUS CALYCULATUS EXTRACT; TECOMA STANS EXTRACT; TETRACYCLINE; TEUCRIUM CUBENSE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JUSTICIA SPICIGERA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEXICO; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA JOCONOSTLE; OPUNTIA LEUCOTRICHA; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA; PHORADENDRON LONGIFOLIUM; PHORADENDRON SEROTINUM; PSITTACANTHUS CALYCULATUS; TECOMA STANS; TEUCRIUM CUBENSE;

EID: 83455210934     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100601234     Document Type: Article

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