Planta Med 1973; 23(1): 99-100
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1099418
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A POTENTIAL ANTILEUKEMIC SUBSTANCE PRESENT IN ALLIUM ASCALONICUM

George Caldes, Benjamin Prescott
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, U. S. A.
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14. Januar 2009 (online)

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Abstract

Aqueous extracts from shallot (Allium ascalonicum) bulbs which had been found to have significant activity against P388 leukemia in mice were analyzed chemically. The extracts yielded a high concentration of carbohydrates and a full spectrum of amino acids on hydrolysis.