In vitro antioxidant and antiproliferative potential of medicinal plants used in traditional indian medicine to treat cancer

Redox Report

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 145-156

  Baskar, Arul Albert ^a   Al Numair, Khalid S ^a   Alsaif, Mohammed A ^a   Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Amaranthus tristis; Asclepias curassavica; Costus speciosus; Cynodon dactylon; Merremia emarginata; Ophiorrhiza mungos; Tabernaemontana heyneana

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACHYRANTHES ASPERA EXTRACT; AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS TRISTIS EXTRACT; ANNEXIN; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA EXTRACT; BETAINE; BLEPHARIS MADERASPATENSIS EXTRACT; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARVACROL; CINEOLE; COSTUS SPECIOSUS EXTRACT; CYNODON DACTYLON EXTRACT; DIOSGENIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HEXANE; LANOSTEROL; MERREMIA EMERGINATA EXTRACT; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; OLEANOLIC ACID; OPHIORRHIZA MUNGOS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; TABERNAEMONTANA HEYNEANA EXTRACT; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; AEGLE MARMELOS; AMARANTHUS TRISTIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; BLEPHARIS MADERASPATENSIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTUS SPECIOSUS; CYNODON DACTYLON; DRUG ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MERREMIA EMERGINATA; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OPHIORRHIZA MUNGOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABERNAEMONTANA HEYNEANA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HUMANS; INDIA; MCF-7 CELLS; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; NEOPLASMS; NITRIC OXIDE; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

ACHYRANTHES ASPERA; AEGLE MARMELOS; AMARANTHUS; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; BLEPHARIS MADERASPATENSIS; CITRUS MACROPHYLLA; COSTACEAE; COSTUS SPECIOSUS; CYNODON DACTYLON; MERREMIA; MERREMIA EMARGINATA; OPHIORRHIZA MUNGOS; TABERNAEMONTANA;

EID: 84866893260     PISSN: 13510002     EISSN: 17432928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1351000212Y.0000000017     Document Type: Article

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