Enhancement of the tumour inhibitory activity, in vivo, of diospyrin, a plant-derived quinonoid, through liposomal encapsulation

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-117

  Hazra, B ^a   Kumar, B ^a   Biswas, S ^a   Pandey, B N ^b,c   Mishra, K P ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisnaphthoquinonoid; Diospyrin; Ehrlich ascites carcinoma; Liposomal encapsulation; Tumour inhibition

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIOSPYRIN; DIOSPYROS MONTANA EXTRACT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPOSOME; LIVER ENZYME; PLANT EXTRACT; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIOSPYROS MONTANA; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION; LONGEVITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 17044364298     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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