Inhibition of cancer cell proliferation and prostaglandin E2 synthesis by Scutellaria baicalensis

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 4037-4043

  Zhang, David Y ^a,b   Wu, Josephine ^a   Ye, Fei ^a   Xue, Li ^a   Jiang, Shiquan ^a   Yi, Jizu ^a   Zhang, Wandi ^a   Wei, Huachen ^a   Sung, Max ^a   Wang, Wayne ^a   Li, Xiaoping ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BAICALEIN; CELECOXIB; CYCLINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INDOMETACIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL STRAIN KB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 0041672474     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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