Glycyrrhetic acid (a metabolic substance and aglycon of glycyrrhizin) induces apoptosis in human hepatoma, promyelotic leukemia and stomach cancer cells

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-219

  Hibasami, Hiroshige ^a   Iwase, Hirosi ^b   Yoshioka, Kazumi ^c   Takahashi, Hidehisa ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b R and D Cokey Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c RYOTOKUJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA fragmentation; Glycyrrhetic acid; Hepatoma; Leukemia; Stomach cancer cells

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644866837     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.17.2.215     Document Type: Article

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