The influence of lead and arsenite on the inhibition of human breast cancer MCF-7 cell proliferation by American ginseng root (Panax quinquefolius L.)

Life Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1336-1340

  Corbit, Rebecca ^a   Ebbs, Stephen ^a   King, Mandy L ^b   Murphy, Laura L ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

American ginseng; Arsenite; Breast cancer; Lead; MCF 7 cell proliferation; Panax quinquefolius

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; GINSENG EXTRACT; LEAD; WATER;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; GINSENG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY;

ARSENITES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 32144437801     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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