Potential anticancer activity of litchi fruit pericarp extract against hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro and in vivo

Cancer Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 144-150

  Wang, Xiujie ^a   Wei, Yuquan ^a   Yuan, Shulan ^a   Liu, Guanjian ^a   Zhang, Yanrong Lu Jie ^a   Wang, Wendong ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anticancer activity; Apoptosis; Growth inhibition; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Litchi fruit pericarp (LFP) extract

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LITCHI CHINENSIS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYCHEE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITCHI; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 33745373509     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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