In vivo and in vitro antitumor effect of ascorbic acid, lysine, proline and green tea extract on human melanoma cell line A2058

In Vivo

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-32

  Roomi, M Waheed ^a   Ivanov, Vadim ^a   Netke, Shirang ^a   Kalinovsky, Tatiana ^a   Niedzwiecki, Aleksandra ^a,b   Rath, Matthias ^a  

^a Matthias Rath Research Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Green tea extract; Ki 67; Lysine; Melanoma; MMP; Nude mice; Proline; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; GELATINASE; GELATINASE B; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LYSINE; MATRIGEL; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROLINE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER GRAFT; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR GROWTH; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 30844448766     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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