In vivo toxicity and antitumor activity of essential oils extract from agarwood (Aquilaria crassna)

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Dahham, Saad Sabbar ^a   Hassan, Loiy E Ahmed ^a   Ahamed, Mohamed B Khadeer ^a   Majid, Aman Shah Abdul ^b   Majid, Amin Malik Shah Abdul ^a   Zulkepli, Nik Noriman ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b QUEST INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY PERAK   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agarwood; Anti tumor; Essential oils; Nude mice; Oral toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUILARIA CRASSNA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AQUILARIA; AQUILARIA CRASSNA; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CANCER INHIBITION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HCT116 CELL LINE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LD50; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WEIGHT CHANGE; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HCT 116 CELL LINE; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN; THYMELAEACEAE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPLEEN; THYMELAEACEAE; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

EID: 84979294914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1210-1     Document Type: Article

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