In vitro antileishmanial, antitumor activities and phytochemical studies of methanolic extract and its fractions of juniperus excelsa berries

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1495-1500

  Nabi, Sajid ^a   Ahmed, Nisar ^a   Khan, Muhammad Javed ^a   Bazai, Zahoor ^a   Yasinzai, Masoom ^a   Al Kahraman, Yasser M S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antileishmanial; Antitumor; Juniperus excelsa berries; Phytochemicalanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870005588     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2012.19.10.2145     Document Type: Article

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