Hematotoxicity of the Chinese herbal medicine Tripterygium wilfordii hook f in CD34-positive human bone marrow cells

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 512-518

  Pyatt, David W ^a   Yang, Yanzhu ^a   Mehos, Brenda ^a   Le, Anh ^a   Stillman, Wayne ^a   Irons, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII EXTRACT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII;

EID: 0034005579     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.57.3.512     Document Type: Article

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