Antitumor and immunostimulatory activity of two chromones and other constituents from Cassia petersiana

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 961-968

  Djemgou, Pierre C ^a   Gatsing, Donatien ^a   Tchuendem, Marguérite ^a   Ngadjui, Bonaventure T ^b   Tane, Pierre ^a   Ahmed, Ahmed A ^c   Gamal Eldeen, Amira M ^d   Adoga, Godwin I ^e   Hirata, Toshifumi ^f   Mabry, Tom J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c El Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^f HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitumor; Cassia petersiana; Chromones; Cytotoxic; Immunoproliferative; Leguminoseae; Macrophage proliferation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900404770     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0600101109     Document Type: Article

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