Indigofera suffruticosa: An Alternative Anticancer Therapy
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Indigofera suffruticosa: An Alternative Anticancer Therapy
Indigofera suffruticosa Mill (Fabeceae) occurs in the Northeast countryside and has intensive popular use in the treatment of infectious, inflammatory and other processes. The main aim of the present work was to investigate the cytotoxic and antitumor effects of aqueous extracts of leaves of I. suffruticosa obtained by infusion and maceration as well as to evaluate the toxicological properties....
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1741-427X,1741-4288
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel102