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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2012; 18(31): 4162-4168
Published online Aug 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i31.4162
Growth inhibitory effects of Phyllanthus niruri extracts in combination with cisplatin on cancer cell lines
Raimundo Fernandes Araújo Júnior, Luiz Alberto Lira Soares, Cínthia Raquel da Costa Porto, Ranniere Gurgel Furtado de Aquino, Hugo Gonçalo Guedes, Pedro Ros Petrovick, Tatiane Pereira de Souza, Aurigena Antunes Araújo, Gerlane Coelho Bernardo Guerra
Ranniere Gurgel Furtado de Aquino, Hugo Gonçalo Guedes, Raimundo Fernandes de Araújo Júnior, Department of Morphology/Postgraduate Program in Morphological Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59072-970, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Luiz Alberto Lira Soares, Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Pernambuco, Brazil
Cínthia Raquel da Costa Porto, Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59012-570, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Pedro Ros Petrovick, Department of Production and control of drugs, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 90610-000, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Tatiane Pereira de Souza, Department of Food and Drug Administration, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus 69077-000, Amazonas, Brazil
Gerlane Coelho Bernardo Guerra, Aurigena Antunes de Araújo, Department of Biophysics and Pharmacology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59072-970, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Author contributions: Araújo Júnior RF and Guerra GCB designed the research; Araújo Júnior RF, Araújo AA and Guerra GCB performed the research; Soares LAL, Petrovick PR and de Souza TP contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Araújo Júnior RF, Guedes HG, da Costa Porto CR and de Aquino RGF analyzed the data; Araújo Júnior RF, Guedes HG, da Costa Porto CR, Araújo AA, Guerra GCB wrote the paper.
Supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); CNPq (470179/2009-0) for financial support and Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Correspondence to: Gerlane Coelho Bernardo Guerra, PhD, Department of Biophysics and Pharmacology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59072-970, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. gerlaneguerra@hotmail.com
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Received: July 6, 2011
Revised: January 10, 2012
Accepted: May 12, 2012
Published online: August 21, 2012
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