Curcumin-Induced Cell Death in Two Leukemia Cell Lines: K562 and Jurkat

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1010, Issue , 2003, Pages 389-392

  Duvoix, A ^a   Morceau, F ^a   Schnekenburger, M ^a   Delhalle, S ^a   Galteau, M M ^b   Dicato, M ^a   Diederich, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Curcumin; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CURCUMIN; PROTEIN BID;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 1342305487     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1299.071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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