Evaluation of antitumor activity of some medicinal plants of Bangladesh by potato disk bioassay. Academic Article

abstract

• The antitumor activity of the ethanolic extracts of 12 medicinal plants of Bangladesh, including the vincristine-vinblastine producing Catharanthus roseus was studied using the potato disk bioassay technique. Among these, 10 plant extracts at 25.0-microgram/disc exhibited significant inhibition of crown gall tumors caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

authors

• Nutan, Mohammad

published proceedings

• Fitoterapia

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Haque, N., Chowdhury, S. A., Nutan, M. T., Rahman, G. M., Rahman, K. M., & Rashid, M. A.

citation count

• 17

complete list of authors

• Haque, N||Chowdhury, SA||Nutan, MT||Rahman, GM||Rahman, KM||Rashid, MA

publication date

• January 2000

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Fitoterapia  Journal

keywords

• Agrobacterium Tumefaciens
• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
• Bangladesh
• Humans
• Medicine, Traditional
• Phytotherapy
• Plant Extracts
• Plant Tumors
• Plants, Medicinal
• Solanum Tuberosum
• Vinblastine
• Vincristine

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/s0367-326x(00)00162-3

start page

• 547

end page

• 552

volume

• 71

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0367-326x(00)00162-3