Protective role of Egyptian propolis against tumor in mice

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 338, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 11-16

  El Khawaga, Om Ali Y ^a   Salem, Tarek A ^b   Elshal, Mohamed F ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells; Oxidative stress and antioxidants; Propolis

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PROPOLIS; PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH INTUBATION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

PROPOLIS;

EID: 0344586193     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(03)00323-1     Document Type: Article

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