Lectins isolated from Korean mistletoe (Viscum album coloratum) induce apoptosis in tumor cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  Yoon, Taek Joon ^a,b,c   Yoo, Yung Choon ^c   Kang, Tae Bong ^a   Shimazaki, Kei Ichi ^c   Song, Seong Kyu ^a   Lee, Kwan Hee ^a   Kim, Seon Ho ^a   Park, Choon Ho ^a   Azuma, Ichiro ^c   Kim, Jong Bae ^a  

^a Handong University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Apoptosis; Cytotoxicity; Korean mistletoe; Lectin

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; LECTIN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN; ZINC;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL STRAIN K 562; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LEUKEMIA L 5178 Y; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EUROPE; HUMANS; KOREA; LECTINS; MICE; MISTLETOE; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

LORANTHACEAE; MURINAE; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0033032518     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(98)00300-0     Document Type: Article

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