Ajoene, a compound of garlic, induces apoptosis in human promyeloleukemic cells, accompanied by generation of reactive oxygen species and activation of nuclear factor κB

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 402-407

  Dirsch, Verena M ^a   Gerbes, Alexander L ^b   Vollmar, Angelika M ^a,c  

^a Institute of Toxicology   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Inst Pharmacol Toxicol Pharm   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AJOENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GARLIC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031976715     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.53.3.402     Document Type: Article

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