Cytotoxic compounds from the fruits of Vitex rotundifolia against human cancer cell lines

Journal of the Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-437

  Kim, Haejin ^a   Yi, Jin Mu ^a   Kim, No Soo ^a   Lee, You Jin ^a   Kim, Jinhee ^a   Oh, Dal Seok ^a   Oh, Se Mi ^a   Bang, Ok Sun ^a   Lee, Jun ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Cytotoxicity; Medicinal herb; Vitex rotundifolia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865129700     PISSN: 17382203     EISSN: 2234344X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13765-012-2027-3     Document Type: Article

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