Aqueous extract of Urtica Dioica makes significant inhibition on adenosine deaminase activity in prostate tissue from patients with prostate cancer

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 855-857

  Durak, Ilker ^a   Biri, Hasan ^b   Devrim, Erdinç ^a   Sözen, Sinon ^b   Avci, Aslihan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Prostate cancer; Urtica dioica

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT; DNA; ENZYME INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; PLANT LEAF; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; TISSUE SECTION; URTICA DIOICA; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROSTATE TUMOR;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; DNA; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 18744381584     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.3.9.1038     Document Type: Article

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