Study of the antiproliferative potential of seed extracts from Northeastern Brazilian plants

This study assessed the antiproliferative and cytotoxic potential against tumor lines of ethanolic seed extracts of 21 plant species belonging to different families from Northeastern Brazil. In addition, some underlying mechanisms involved in this cytotoxicity were also investigated. Among the 21 ex...

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Main Authors: Paulo Michel P. Ferreira, Davi F. Farias, Martônio P. Viana, Terezinha M. Souza, Ilka M. Vasconcelos, Bruno M. Soares, Cláudia Pessoa, Letícia V. Costa-Lotufo, Manoel O. Moraes, Ana F.U. Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2011-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652011000300023