Traditional West African pharmacopeia, plants and derived compounds for cancer therapy

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1225-1240

  Sawadogo, Wamtinga Richard ^a,b   Schumacher, Marc ^a   Teiten, Marie Hélène ^a   Dicato, Mario ^a   Diederich, Marc ^a,c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE DU CANCER   (Luxembourg)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique   (Burkina Faso)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Medicinal plants; Natural compounds; Traditional medicine; West Africa

Indexed keywords

15 EPI HYDROXYISOJATROGROSSIDION; 2 EPI HYDROXYISOJATROGROSSIDION; 2 HYDROXYISOJATROGROSSIDION; 4 JATROGROSSIDENTADION; ALKALOID; BALANITIN 6; BALANITIN 7; CURCUSONE A; CURCUSONE B; CURCUSONE C; CURCUSONE D; DITERPENE; ISODIHYDROCOSTUNOLIDE; JATROPHOLONE; LONGISTYLIN A; LONGISTYLIN C; MULTIDIONE; PARKIOSIDE B; PINOSTROBIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; SESQUITERPENE; STEROID; TRITERPENE; UNBS 1450; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; USCHARIN; VERALOSININE; VORUSCHARIN; XYLOSE;

ACACIA MACROSTACHYA; ACALYPHA WILKESIANA; ACANTHOSPERMUM HISPIDUM; AFRICA; ANNONA SENEGALENSIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; CALOTROPIS PROCERA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; DETARIUM MICROCARPUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DORSTENIA PSILIRUS; DRUG STRUCTURE; ECHINOPS GIGANTEUS; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HOLARRHENA FLORIBUNDA; HUMAN; IMPERATA CYLINDRICAL; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; JATROPHA CURCAS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGEONPEA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WOUND; ZINZIBER OFFICINALIS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ALKALOIDS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYPHENOLS; STEROIDS; TERPENES;

EID: 84867851544     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2012.07.021     Document Type: Review

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