Potential anticancer effect of red spinach (Amaranthus gangeticus) extract

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 396-400

  Sani, Huzaimah Abdullah ^a   Rahmat, Asmah ^a,b   Ismail, Maznah ^a   Rosli, Rozita ^a   Endrini, Susi ^a  

^a Universiti Putra Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anticancer effect; in vitro and in vivo studies; Red spinach

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMARANTHUS GANGETICUS EXTRACT; ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDYL DIPHOSPHOGLUCURONYL TRANSFERASE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINACH;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMARANTHUS; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UDPGLUCOSE-HEXOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS TRICOLOR; ANIMALIA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 11244324377     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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