In vitro anticancer screening of 24 locally used Nigerian medicinal plants

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fadeyi, Saudat Adamson ^a,b   Fadeyi, Olugbeminiyi O ^a,c   Adejumo, Adedeji A ^d   Okoro, Cosmas ^a   Myles, Elbert Lewis ^a  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Federal College of Wildlife Management   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anti cancer; Cytotoxic activity; Ethnomedicine; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ACANTHUS MONTANUS EXTRACT; ALLANBLACKIA FLORIBUNDA EXTRACT; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIDENS PILOSA EXTRACT; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM EXTRACT; BYRSOCARPUS COCCINEUS EXTRACT; CAJANUS CAJAN EXTRACT; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA EXTRACT; CRASSOCEPHALUM CREPIDIOIDES EXTRACT; DANIELLIA OLIVERI EXTRACT; ERYTHROPHLEUM SUAVEOLENS EXTRACT; HOSLUNDIA OPPOSITA EXTRACT; JATROPA CURCAS EXTRACT; LANDOLPHIA DULCIS EXTRACT; LANNEA NIGRITANA EXTRACT; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA EXTRACT; PARKIA FILICOIDEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROCARPUS SANTALINOIDES EXTRACT; RAUVOLFIA VOMITORIA EXTRACT; SIDA ACUTA EXTRACT; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEX DONIANA EXTRACT;

ACANTHUS MONTANUS; ALLANBLACKIA FLORIBUNDA; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIL; BIDENS PILOSA; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BRYOPHYLLUM PINNATUM; BYRSOCARPUS COCCINEUS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CRASSOCEPHALUM CREPIDIOIDES; CYTOTOXICITY; DANIELLIA OLIVERI; DRUG SCREENING; ERYTHROPHLEUM SUAVEOLENS; HOSLUNDIA OPPOSITA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; JATROPA CURCAS; LANDOLPHIA DULCIS; LANNEA NIGRITANA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; PARKIA FILICOIDEA; PIGEONPEA; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PTEROCARPUS SANTALINOIDES; RAUVOLFIA VOMITORIA; SIDA ACUTA; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TETRAPLEURA TETRAPTERA; VITEX DONIANA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; NEOPLASMS; NIGERIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84875856949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-79     Document Type: Article

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