Anticancer effects of ethanolic neem leaf extract on prostate cancer cell line (PC-3)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 246-250

  Kumar, Suresh ^b   Suresh, P K ^b   Vijayababu, M R ^a   Arunkumar, A ^a   Arunakaran, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b Karpagam Arts and Science College ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Neem; Proliferation; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA FRAGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; AZADIRACHTA; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 33645295740     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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