In vitro culture studies of Sutherlandia frutescens on human tumor cell lines

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-19

  Tai, Joseph ^a   Cheung, Susan ^a   Chan, Edwin ^b   Hasman, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Brit Columbia's Children's W   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cytotoxicity; South African herb; Sutherlandia frutescens; Tumor cell lines

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ARGININE; CANAVANINE; FREE RADICAL; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUTHERLANDIA FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; HERB; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; SUTHERLANDIA FRUTESCENS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GALEGA; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 2942592585     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2004.02.028     Document Type: Article

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