Antitumor Activity of Kielmeyera Coriacea Leaf Constituents in Experimental Melanoma, Tested in Vitro and in Vivo in Syngeneic Mice

• Main Authors: Carlos Rogério Figueiredo (Author), Alisson Leonardo Matsuo (Author), Mariana Hiromi Massaoka (Author), Natalia Girola (Author), Ricardo Alexandre Azevedo (Author), Aline Nogueira Rabaça (Author), Camyla Fernandes Farias (Author), Felipe Valença Pereira (Author), Natalia Silva Matias (Author), Luciana Pereira Silva (Author), Elaine Guadelupe Rodrigues (Author), João Henrique Guilardi Lago (Author), Luiz Rodolpho Travassos (Author), Regildo Márcio Gonçalves Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose: The antitumor activity of Kielmeyera coriacea (Clusiaceae), a medicinal plant used in the treatment of parasitic, as well as fungal and bacterial infections by the Brazilian Cerrado population, was investigated. Methods: A chloroform extract (CE) of K. coriacea was tested in the murine mela...