A garlic lectin exerted an antitumor activity and induced apoptosis in human tumor cells

Food Research International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 7-13

  Karasaki, Yuji ^a,d   Tsukamoto, Sadaji ^b   Mizusaki, Koichi ^b   Sugiura, Tsutomu ^c   Gotoh, Sadao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Garlic lectin; Tumor cells

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; APOPTOSIS; CELL GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN CELL; LECTIN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0035116837     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-9969(00)00122-8     Document Type: Article

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