Mitogenic and anti-proliferative activity of a lectin from the tubers of Voodoo lily (Sauromatum venosum)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1723, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 163-174

  Bains, Jagmohan Singh ^a   Singh, Jatinder ^a   Kamboj, Sukhdev Singh ^a   Nijjar, Kamaljeet Kaur ^a   Agrewala, Javed N ^b   Kumar, Vinod ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^c   Saxena, A K ^d  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Ayurvedic Research Centre   (India)

^d CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Human cancer cell line; In vitro anti proliferative; Mitogenic; Murine cancer cell line; Tuber lectin

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; DOXORUBICIN; GLYCINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; LECTIN; METHIONINE;

ALKALINITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARACEAE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CELL; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUROMATUM VENOSUM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; LILIUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGENS; PLANT LECTINS;

ARACEAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MURINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; SAUROMATUM; SAUROMATUM GUTTATUM;

EID: 19944370187     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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