Effects of Selaginella tamariscina on in vitro tumor cell growth, p53 expression, G1 arrest and in vivo gastric cell proliferation

Cancer Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-99

  Lee, In Seon ^a   Nishikawa, Akiyoshi ^b   Furukawa, Fumio ^b   Kasahara, Ken Ichiro ^b   Kim, Soo Un ^c  

^a Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Research Center for New Bio materials in Agriculture   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; G1 arrest; p53; Selaginella tamariscina; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN P53;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CELL DIVISION; G1 PHASE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENES, P53; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

SELAGINELLA TAMARISCINA;

EID: 0032815675     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(99)00202-5     Document Type: Article

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