dc.contributor.author |
Saikali, Melody Wael |
dc.date.accessioned |
2012-06-13T07:35:19Z |
dc.date.available |
2012-06-13T07:35:19Z |
dc.date.issued |
2011 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10938/8603 |
dc.description |
Thesis (M.S.)--American University of Beirut, Dept. of Biology, 2011.;"Advisor : Dr. Nadine Darwiche, Professor, Biology--Member of Committee : Dr. Hala Gali-Muhtaseb, Professor, Biology--Member of Committee : Dr. Rihab Nasr, Assistant Professor, Internal |
dc.description |
Bibliography : leaves 66-77. |
dc.description.abstract |
Most cancers are of epithelial origin of which skin cancer is the most frequent. Numerous naturally occurring compounds have been identified as skin chemopreventive agents, and many of the best-selling anti-cancer drugs are plant-derived. While screening |
dc.format.extent |
xvi, 77 leaves : ill. 30 cm. |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.relation.ispartof |
Theses, Dissertations, and Projects |
dc.subject.classification |
T:005483 AUBNO |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Sesquiterpene lactones |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Medicinal plants -- Lebanon |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Keratinocytes |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Cancer -- Chemoprevention -- Lebanon |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Skin -- Cancer -- Lebanon -- Prevention |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Yarrow -- Lebanon |
dc.subject.lcsh |
Centaurea -- Lebanon |
dc.title |
Anti-promoting and chemopreventive properties of sesquiterpene lactones extracted from indigenous Lebanese plants in neoplastic keratinocytes - by Melody Wael Saikali |
dc.type |
Thesis |
dc.contributor.department |
American University of Beirut. Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Department of Biology |