ANTI–NEOPLASTIC PROPERTY OF A CRYSTALLINE COMPOUND EXTRACTED FROM MORINDA LUCIDA

J. I. Durodola

doi:10.1055/s-0028-1099378

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Planta Med 1974; 26(7): 208-211
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1099378

ANTI–NEOPLASTIC PROPERTY OF A CRYSTALLINE COMPOUND EXTRACTED FROM MORINDA LUCIDA

J. I. Durodola

Department of Surgery (Oncology), University of Ibadan, Nigeria

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14 January 2009 (online)

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Abstract

A crystalline material isolated from the stem of Morinda lucida, a plant widely used by the traditional medicine men for treating malaria, is shown to exhibit carcinostatic effect on sarcoma 180 ascites in mice.