Induction of apoptosis by hydrolyzable tannins from Eugenia jambos L. on human leukemia cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-75

  Yang, Ling Ling ^a   Lee, Chih Ying ^a   Yen, Kun Ying ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1 O galloyl castalagin; Apoptosis; Casuarinin; Cytotoxicity; Eugenia jambos; Human leukemia cells

Indexed keywords

ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HERB; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TANNINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EUGENIA; MYRTACEAE; SYZYGIUM JAMBOS;

EID: 0034739334     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(00)00477-8     Document Type: Article

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