Phytochemical analysis and cytotoxicity towards multidrug-resistant leukemia cells of essential oils derived from lebanese medicinal plants

Planta Medica

Volumn 78, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1927-1931

  Saab, Antoine M ^a   Guerrini, Alessandra ^b   Sacchetti, Gianni ^b   Maietti, Silvia ^b   Zeino, Ma'En ^c   Arend, Joachim ^c   Gambari, Roberto ^b   Bernardi, Francesco ^b   Efferth, Thomas ^c  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cancer; Cedrus libani; Cupressaceae; essential oils; gas chromatography; Juniperus excelsa; Juniperus oxycedrus; multidrug resistance; Pinaceae; Pinus pinea

Indexed keywords

1,3,3 TRIMETHYL 2 NORCAMPHANONE; 3 CARENE; 4 ACETYL 1 METHYLCYCLOHEXENE; ALPHA FENCHENE; BETA PINENE; BORNEOL; BORNYL ACETATE; CALAMENENE; CAMPHENE; CAMPHOR; CUPARENE; DIHYDROCARVONE; DOXORUBICIN; ENDO FENCHOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; PINOCAMPHONE; PINOCARVEOL; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; TERPINOLENE; THUJA 2,4 (10) DIENE; THUJOPSENAL; TRICYCLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CEDRUS; CEDRUS LIBANI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS EXCELSA; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS; LEUKEMIA CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PINE; PINUS PINEA; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CEDRUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FRUIT; HUMANS; JUNIPERUS; LEBANON; LEUKEMIA; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINUS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SESQUITERPENES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; WOOD;

CEDRUS LIBANI; CUPRESSACEAE; JUNIPERUS EXCELSA; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS; PINACEAE; PINUS PINEA;

EID: 84871610913     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1327896     Document Type: Article

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