Effects of tocotrienols on cell viability and apoptosis in normal murine liver cells (BNL CL.2) and liver cancer cells (BNL 1ME A.7R.1), in vitro

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 374-380

  Har, Chan Hooi ^a   Keong, Chan Kok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alpha tocopherol; Apoptosis; Doxorubicin; Liver cancer; Liver carcinogenesis; Tocotrienols

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CASP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IC 50; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; TOCOTRIENOLS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

MURINAE;

EID: 32344434977     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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