Dose-dependent effects of berberine on cell cycle pause and apoptosis in Balb/c 3T3 cells

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 354, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 102-108

  Yang, I Wen ^a   Chou, Chih Chung ^a   Yung, Benjamin Yat Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

apoptosis; berberine; cell cycle pause

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; DOSE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0344239827     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00178709     Document Type: Article

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