Willow leaves' extracts contain anti-tumor agents effective against three cell types.

Many higher plants contain novel metabolites with antimicrobial, antifungal and antiviral properties. However, in the developed world almost all clinically used chemotherapeutics have been produced by in vitro chemical synthesis. Exceptions, like taxol and vincristine, were structurally complex meta...

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Main Authors: Hany A El-Shemy, Ahmed M Aboul-Enein, Khalid Mostafa Aboul-Enein, Kounosuke Fujita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1779808?pdf=render