β-lapachone induced cell death in human hepatoma (HepA2) cells

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-97

  Chau, Y P ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

lapachone; Cell death; Electron microsocpy; Flow cytometry; Hepatoma cells

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA LAPACHONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROBODIES; NAPHTHOQUINONES; S PHASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031974057     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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