Vitexicarpin, a flavonoid from Vitex trifolia L., induces apoptosis in K562 cells via mitochondria-controlled apoptotic pathway

Yaoxue Xuebao

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-31

  Wang, Hai Yan ^a,b   Cai, Bing ^a   Cui, Cheng Bin ^c   Zhang, Dong Yun ^a   Yang, Bao Feng ^b  

^a Tianjin Institute for Biomedicinal Research   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Apoptosis; Vitex trifolia L.; Vitexicarpin

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASTICIN; FLAVONOID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN K 562; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE; VITEX;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FRUIT; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; MITOCHONDRIA; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; VITEX;

EID: 33544472649     PISSN: 05134870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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