Antitumor and Wound Healing Properties of Rubus ellipticus Smith

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 134-141

  George, Blassan Plackal ^a   Parimelazhagan, Thangaraj ^a   Kumar, Yamini T ^a   Sajeesh, Thankarajan ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Antitumor; Rubus ellipticus; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; RUBUS ELLIPTICUS EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ASSAY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; EPITHELIZATION; EXCISION; IC50; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBUS; RUBUS ELLIPTICUS; SKIN INCISION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REGENERATION; TUMOR VOLUME; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RUBUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84931567632     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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