In vitro comparison of Essiac® and Flor-Essence® on human tumor cell lines

Oncology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 471-476

  Tai, Joseph ^a   Cheung, Susan ^a   Wong, Stephen ^a   Lowe, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast and leukemia cancer cell lines; Cell cycle analysis; Cell differentiation; Cytotoxicity; Herbal tea

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESSIAC; FLOR ESSENCE; FLOR-ESSENCE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRAIN HL 60; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BEVERAGES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 3242769926     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.11.2.471     Document Type: Article

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