Antitumor activity of ethanol extract of Gracilaria edulis (Gmelin) Silva on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma-bearing mice

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 430-435

  Sundaram, Meenakshi ^a   Patra, Satyajit ^b   Maniarasu, Gunasingham ^c  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SRIMAD ANDAVAN ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibody dependent cell cytotoxicity; Carcinoma, Ehrlich tumor; Gracilaria; Mice; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LIVER ENZYME; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR CELL; GRACILARIA; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GRACILARIA; LIVER; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84859781309     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20120412     Document Type: Article

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