Direct and indirect mechanism(s) of antitumour activity of propolis and its polyphenolic compounds

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-27

  Oršolić, Nada ^a   Šaranović, Ana Brbot ^b   Bašić, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Caffeic acid; Caffeic acid phenethyl ester; Immunomodulation; Macrophages; Mice; Nitric oxide; Tumour growth; Water soluble derivative of propolis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAFFEIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID PHENETHYL ESTER; MITOGENIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROPOLIS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; COLONY FORMING CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SUPERNATANT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CAFFEIC ACIDS; DNA; FEMALE; FEMUR; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MITOGENS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; PROPOLIS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 32644434209     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-873167     Document Type: Article

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