title: Evaluation of antitumor activity of some medicinal plants of Bangladesh by potato disk bioassay.
abstract: The antitumor activity of the ethanolic extracts of 12 medicinal plants of Bangladesh, including the vincristine-vinblastine producing Catharanthus roseus was studied using the potato disk bioassay technique. Among these, 10 plant extracts at 25.0-microgram/disc exhibited significant inhibition of crown gall tumors caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Bangabandhu Seikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nutan
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rashid
mesh_terms: D016960:Agrobacterium tumefaciens / Q000187:drug effects*; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001459:Bangladesh; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D010941:Plant Tumors; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011198:Solanum tuberosum; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000494:pharmacology; D014750:Vincristine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D010936:Plant Extracts; D014750:Vincristine; D014747:Vinblastine