Curcumin, a natural plant phenolic food additive, inhibits cell proliferation and induces cell cycle changes in colon adenocarcinoma cell lines by a prostaglandin-independent pathway

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 576-584

  Hanif, Rashid ^b   Qiao, Liang ^b   Shiff, Steven J ^b   Rigas, Basil ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031460545     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(97)90107-4     Document Type: Article

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