Enhanced MTT-reducing activity under growth inhibition by resveratrol in CEM-C7H2 lymphocytic leukemia cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-199

  Bernhard, David ^a,d   Schwaiger, Wolfgang ^b   Crazzolara, Roman ^a   Tinhofer, Inge ^a   Kofler, Reinhard ^a,c   Csordas, Adam ^b  

^a TYROLEAN CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c Institute for Pathophysiology   (Austria)

^d ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

3 4,5 Dimethylthiazol 2 yl 2,5 diphenyltetrazolium bromide; Antioxidant; Apoptosis; Formazan; Proliferation Assay; Resveratrol

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; RESVERATROL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038735795     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(03)00157-5     Document Type: Article

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