Cytotoxic potential of selected medicinal plants in northeast Brazil

Great biodiversity is a highlight of Brazilian flora. In contrast, the therapeutic potentialities of most species used in folk medicine remain unknown. Several of these species are commonly used to treat cancer. In this study, we investigated the cytotoxic activity of 18 plants from 16 families that...

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Published in:	BMC complementary and alternative medicine Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 199
Main Authors:	da Silva, Thiago B C, Costa, Cinara O D'Sousa, Galvão, Alexandre F C, Bomfim, Larissa M, Rodrigues, Ana Carolina B da C, Mota, Mauricio C S, Dantas, Alex A, Dos Santos, Tiago R, Soares, Milena B P, Bezerra, Daniel P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BioMed Central Ltd 08-07-2016 BioMed Central
Subjects:	Adult Animals Brazil Cell Line, Tumor Cell Survival - drug effects Health aspects Humans Inhibitory Concentration 50 Medicinal plants Medicine, Traditional Mice Phytotherapy Plant Extracts - chemistry Plant Extracts - toxicity Plants, Medicinal - chemistry Brazil Medicinal plants Cytotoxicity Northeastern Brazil Natural products
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