title: [Antitumor effect of alcohol extract from Sesamum indicum flower on S180 and H22 experimental tumor].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the antineoplasm effect of extract from Sesamum indicum L. flower.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observing the effects of alcohol extract from Sesamum indicum flower on tumor growth in sarcoma 180 (S180) and Heps 22 (H22) tumorigenic mouse, and on weight of immune organs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  6, 3, 1.5 g/kg extract showed inhibiting effect on tumor growth obviously, and had not distinct effect on weight of thymus and spleen in mice sarcoma 180 and Heps 22.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The alcohol extract from Sesamum indicum flower showed obvious antitumor effect.
authors.affiliation: Biopharmaceutical R&D Center of Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiaoming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jinnan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Chunxia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yuting
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D012510:Sarcoma 180 / Q000473:pathology*; D031685:Sesamum / Q000737:chemistry*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal