Cytotoxic and antimicrobial activity of selected Cameroonian edible plants

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dzoyem, Jean Paul ^a,b   Guru, Santosh Kumar ^b   Pieme, Constant Anatole ^c   Kuete, Victor ^a   Sharma, Akash ^b   Khan, Inshad Ali ^b   Saxena, Ajit Kumar ^b   Vishwakarma, Ram Anuj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^c Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Cameroon; Cytotoxic; Edible plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FAGARA HEITZII EXTRACT; GARCINA LUCIDA EXTRACT; HYMENOCARDIA LYRATA EXTRACT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SULFORHODAMINE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BARK; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BROTH DILUTION; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PROSTATE CANCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CAMEROON; CELL LINE; CYTOTOXINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SPICES;

EID: 84875873781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-78     Document Type: Article

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