Preliminary study on antimitotic effects of some medicinal plants utilized for treatment of cancer according to the people's experiments
- Author:
Dat Tien Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Traditional medicine
- MeSH:
Neoplasms;
Plants, Medicinal;
Medicine, Traditional;
Antimitotic Agents
- From:Pharmaceutical Journal
1999;282(10):6-7
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
In Vietnam, some medicinal plants have been administrated for cancer treatment. But those medicinal plants have only been used based on experiences and their actual anticancer efficacy have not been proven yet. For that reason, studying to prove anticancer efficacy of those plants is very necessary. In 16 selected medicinal plants had been researched, there were 14 medicinal plants having effect on anti cellular division rate on schizogenous tissue of raphanus sativus L. higher than 50%. They were agave americana L., acanthopanax aculeatus seem, angelica decursiva (Miq) Fr.et Sav., spilanthes acmella (L.) Murr., garcinia cambodgiensis vesque, gleditsia australis hemsl, hippeastrum equestre (Ait.) herb., grium sp. (X2, X3, X4), amarathus tricolor L. and allium sativum L..
