Ginsenosides 20(S)-protopanaxadiol and Rh2 reduce cell proliferation and increase sub-G1 cells in two cultured intestinal cell lines, Int-407 and Caco-2

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-190

  Popovich, David G ^a   Kitts, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ginseng; Ginsenosides; Protopanaxadiol; Protopanaxatriol; Rh2

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOPANAXADIOL; PROTOPANAXATRIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE CELL; LC 50; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

APOPTOSIS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; G1 PHASE; GINSENOSIDES; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLANT ROOTS; SAPOGENINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TIME FACTORS; TRITERPENES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442452643     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y04-001     Document Type: Article

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