Antiproliferative activity of the extract of Gleditsia sinensis fruit on human solid tumour cell lines

Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 303-308

  Chow, Larry Ming Cheung ^a   Tang, J C O ^a   Teo, I T N ^a   Chui, C H ^a,b   Lau, F Y ^b   Leung, T W T ^b   Cheng, G ^b   Wong, R S M ^b   Wong, I L K ^a   Tsang, K M S ^a   Tan, W Q ^a   Zhao, Y Z ^a   Lai, K B ^b   Lam, W H ^a   Guo, D A ^c   Chan, A S C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Herbal drugs; Tumour

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GLEDITSIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FRUIT; GLEDITSIA SINENSIS; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NICK END LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FRUIT; GLEDITSIA; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR STEM CELL ASSAY;

EID: 0036967073     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069713     Document Type: Article

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