Synergistic anticancer effects of tetrandrine combined with doxorubicin or vincristine in vitro

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-73

  Sun, Ai Xu ^a   Ye, Zu Guang ^a   Li, Chun Ying ^a   Xue, Bao Yun ^a   Li, Lan Fang ^a   Cao, Xiu Fang ^a   Yang, Qing ^a   Dai, Bao Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Cultured tumor cells; Doxorubicin; Drug combinations; Drug synergism; Multiple drug resistance; Tetrandrine; Tetrazolium salts; Vincristine

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; TETRANDRINE; TETRAZOLIUM; VINCRISTINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL;

ALKALOIDS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BENZYLISOQUINOLINES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; DRUG SYNERGISM; HUMANS; KB CELLS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0032952910     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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