Cytotoxic effects of sinococuline

Cancer Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-224

  Liu, Wing Keung ^a   Wang, Xian Kai ^b   Che, Chun Tao ^c  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophage; Apoptosis; Cytotoxicity; Sinococuline; Tumour cells

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DNA; GROWTH INHIBITOR; NITROGEN; SINOCOCULINE; TRITIUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL STRAIN L 929; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALIA; STEPHANIA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0029671294     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(95)04065-X     Document Type: Article

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