Growth inhibitory effect of green tea extract in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells involves cytochrome c release and caspase activation

Cancer Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-15

  Kennedy, David Opare ^a   Kojima, Akiko ^a   Yano, Yoshihisa ^b   Hasuma, Tadayoshi ^b   Otani, Shuzo ^b   Matsui Yuasa, Isao ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caspase 3 like protease activation; Cell death; Cytochrome c; Ehrlich ascites tumor cell; Green tea extract

Indexed keywords

ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMYLVALYLASPARTYL ALPHA ALDEHYDE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CYTOCHROME C; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL VIABILITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR CELL; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME RELEASE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ENZYME ACTIVATION; KINETICS; MICE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEA;

EID: 0035837649     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(01)00396-2     Document Type: Article

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