Catha edulis (Khat) Induces Cell Death by Apoptosis in Leukemia Cell Lines

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1010, Issue , 2003, Pages 384-388

  Dimba, E ^a   Gjertsen, B T ^b   Francis, G W ^b   Johannessen, A C ^a   Vintermyr, O K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell culture; HL 60; Human; Jurkat; Khat; NB4; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; TRYPAN BLUE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEUKEMIA CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CATHA; CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 1342305484     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1299.070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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