Antiproliferative effect of viola tricolor on neuroblastoma cells in vitro

Australian Journal of Herbal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 93-96

  Mortazavian, Seyed Mohsen ^a   Ghorbani, Ahmad ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Mtt; N2a; Neuroblastoma; Viola tricolor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865464415     PISSN: 10338330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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