Comparative study of the sensitivity of lymphoblastoid and transformed monocytic cell lines to the cytotoxic effects of viscum album extracts of different origin

Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 298-302

  Duong Van Huyen, Jean Paul ^a,b   Delignat, Sandrine ^a   Kazatchkine, Michel D ^a   Kaveri, Srini V ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b Hôp Europ Georges Pompidou ^*  (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Lymphoblastoid cell lines; Mistletoe lectin; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; VISCUM ALBUM EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; MONOCYTE; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VISCUM ALBUM;

CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MONOCYTES; PLANT EXTRACTS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0346753573     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074530     Document Type: Article

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