Phytochemical Composition of Cassia fistula Fruit Extracts and its Anticancer Activity Against Human Cancer Cell Lines

Journal of Biologically Active Products from Nature

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 158-170

  Irshad, Md ^a,b   Mehdi, Syed Jafar ^a   Al Fatlawi, Atheer A ^a   Zafaryab, Md ^a   Ali, Asgar ^a   Ahmad, Irfan ^a   Singh, Man ^b   Rizvi, M Moshahid A ^a  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF GUJARAT   (India)

Author keywords

apoptosis; caspase; Cassia fistula; clonogenic; cytotoxicity; phytochemicals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930722018     PISSN: 22311866     EISSN: 22311874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/22311866.2014.933084     Document Type: Article

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