Antitumor activity of Z-ajoene, a natural compound purified from garlic: Antimitotic and microtubule-interaction properties

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 573-579

  Li, Min ^a   Ciu, Jing Rong ^a   Ye, Ying ^a   Min, Ji Mei ^a   Zhang, Li He ^a   Wang, Kui ^a   Gares, Michèle ^b   Cros, Jean ^b   Wright, Michel ^b   Leung Tack, Jeanne ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AJOENE; ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; GARLIC EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; SULFUR; VINCA ALKALOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRAFT; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG TARGETING; GARLIC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOMER; KIDNEY CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MARSUPIAL; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PURIFICATION; SARCOMA; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EID: 0036257468     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/23.4.573     Document Type: Article

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