Inhibitory effects of ginsenoside Rh2 on tumor growth in nude mice bearing human ovarian cancer cells

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 733-740

  Nakata, Hideyuki ^a   Kikuchi, Yoshihiro ^a   Tode, Takehiko ^a   Hirata, Junko ^a   Kita, Tsunekazu ^a   Ishii, Kenji ^a   Kudoh, Kazuya ^a   Nagata, Ichiro ^a   Shinomiya, Nariyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Apoptosis; Ginsenoside Rh2; Human ovarian cancer cell line; Natural killer activity

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; GINSENOSIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0031693537     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb03278.x     Document Type: Article

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