Phytochemical, antioxidant and anti-cancer properties of Euphorbia tirucalli methanolic and aqueous extracts

Antioxidants

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 647-661

  Munro, Benjamin ^a,b   Vuong, Quan V ^a,b   Chalmers, Anita C ^b   Goldsmith, Chloe D ^a,b   Bowyer, Michael C ^a,b   Scarlett, Christopher J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Euphorbia tirucalli; Pancreatic cancer; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975466441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antiox4040647     Document Type: Article

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