Evaluation of antioxidant and antiproliferative activity of Flueggea leucopyrus Willd (katupila)

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Soysa, Preethi ^a   De Silva, Irushi S ^a   Wijayabandara, Jayantha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anticancer activity; Apoptosis; Flueggea leucopyrus; Radical scavenging activity; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CAMPTOTHECIN; FLUEGGEA LEUCOPYRUS EXTRACT; GALLIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; FLUEGGEA LEUCOPYRUS; FREEZE DRYING; HEP 2 CELL LINE; IN VITRO STUDY; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHRUB; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84904843874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-274     Document Type: Article

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