Antiproliferative Activity of Flower Hexane Extract Obtained from Mentha spicata Associated with Mentha rotundifolia Against the MCF7, KB, and NIH/3T3 Cell Lines

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 955-958

  Nedel, Fernanda ^a   Begnini, Karine ^a   De Azambuja Carvalho, Pedro Henrique ^a   Lund, Rafael Guerra ^a   Beira, Fátima T A ^a   Del Pino, Francisco Augusto B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

antiproliferative assay; cancer cell lines; Mentha rotundifolia; Mentha spicata; plant extracts

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HEXANE; MENTHA ROTUNDIFOLIA EXTRACT; MENTHA SPICATA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SULFORHODAMINE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL STRAIN KB; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOWER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MENTHA; MENTHA ROTUNDIFOLIA; MENTHA SPICATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOWERS; HEXANES; HUMANS; KB CELLS; MCF-7 CELLS; MENTHA; MENTHA SPICATA; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHODAMINES;

MENTHA SPICATA; MENTHA SUAVEOLENS;

EID: 84868557330     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2011.0340     Document Type: Article

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