Sensitization of a tumor, but not normal tissue, to the cytotoxic effect of ionizing radiation using panax notoginseng extract

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 517-524

  Chen, F D ^a   Wu, M C ^a   Wang, H E ^b   Hwang, J J ^a   Hong, C Y ^a   Huang, Y T ^a   Yen, S H ^a   Ou, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM SAPONIN; SAPONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GINSENG; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; MOUSE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SARCOMA;

ANIMALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PANAX; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION, IONIZING; SAPONINS; SARCOMA, EXPERIMENTAL;

EID: 0035754889     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x0100054x     Document Type: Article

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