Effect of ascorbic acid, lysine, proline, and green tea extract on human osteosarcoma cell line MNNG-HOS xenografts in nude mice: Evaluation of tumor growth and immunohistochemistry

Medical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 411-417

  Roomi, M Waheed ^a   Ivanov, Vadim ^a   Kalinovsky, Tatiana ^a   Niedzwiecki, Aleksandra ^a,b   Rath, Matthias ^a  

^a Dr Rath Research Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Green tea extract; MMP 9; MNNG HOS; Osteosarcoma; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; FIBRONECTIN; GELATINASE B; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LIVER ENZYME; LYSINE; MUCIN; PROLINE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; OSTEOSARCOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZATION; TUMOR GROWTH; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; OSTEOSARCOMA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROLINE; TEA;

EID: 33749394927     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MO:23:3:411     Document Type: Article

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