Additive inhibitory effect of saffron in combination with sodium selenite on tumor cells

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 650, Issue , 2004, Pages 477-484

  Riverón Negrete, Leticia ^a   Camacho Carranza, Rafael ^b   Caballero Ortega, Heriberto ^a   Hernández, Juan M ^a   Medécigo Ríos, Mayra ^a   Castillo Villanueva, Adriana ^a   Pérez López, Israel ^a   Javier Espinosa Aguirre, J ^b   Abdullaev, Fikrat I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Crocus sativus L.; Cytotoxicity; DNA and RNA synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879636912     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.650.58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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