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. 1976 Aug;60(8):979-85.

Plant folklore: a tool for predicting sources of antitumor activity?

  • PMID: 791488
Review

Plant folklore: a tool for predicting sources of antitumor activity?

R W Spjut et al. Cancer Treat Rep. 1976 Aug.

Abstract

The National Cancer Institute's record of "active plants" (extracts which showed a significant inhibitory effect in experimental tumor systems) was compared with plants reported in folklore to have medicinal or poisonous properties. The occurrence of active plants was found to be higher in plants reported in folk literature than in plants collected at random, suggesting a correlation between plants used in folklore and those with anticancer activity.

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