Contribution of selected medicinal plants for cancer prevention and therapy;Doprinos odabranih biljaka koje se koriste u medicinske svrhe u prevenciji i lečenju kancera

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 117-123

  Bachrach, Zohara Yaniv ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anticancer compounds; Cancer prevention; Chemoprevention; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

CINNAMOMUM CASSIA EXTRACT; CROCETIN; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; PEPPERMINT; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS EXTRACT; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; CROCUS SATIVUS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; ETHNOBOTANY; FLOWER; FRUIT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISRAEL; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS;

EID: 84866057852     PISSN: 03516083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10283-012-0016-4     Document Type: Review

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