Anti-proliferative effects of lichen-derived inhibitors of 5-lipoxygenase on malignant cell-lines and mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-115

  Ögmundsdóttir, Helga M ^a   Zoëga, Gunnar Már ^a   Gissurarson, Stefán R ^b   Ingólfsdottir, Kristín ^b  

^a ICELANDIC CANCER SOCIETY   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITOR; LOBARIC ACID; MITOGENIC AGENT; PROTOLICHESTERINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN K 562; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LICHEN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 0031982969     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1998.tb03312.x     Document Type: Article

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