Ajoene inhibits both primary tumor growth and metastasis of B16/BL6 melanoma cells in C57BL/6 mice

Cancer Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 298-304

  Taylor, Peter ^a   Noriega, Raquel ^a   Farah, Carla ^a   Abad, María Jesús ^a   Arsenak, Miriam ^a   Apitz, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Ajoene; Melanoma; Metastasis; Tumor

Indexed keywords

AJOENE; INTRALIPID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL ADHESION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DISULFIDES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASM METASTASIS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 33745667762     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.08.022     Document Type: Article

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