Biological inhibitory effects of the Chinese herb danggui on brain astrocytoma

Pathobiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-148

  Lee, Wei Hwa ^a,b   Jin, Jong Shiaw ^a   Tsai, Wen Chiuan ^a   Chen, Yu Ting ^a   Chang, Wen Liang ^a   Yao, Chen Wen ^a   Sheu, Lia Fa ^a   Chen, Ann ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma, high grade; Danggui

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CATHEPSIN B; CHLOROFORM; CHLOROPHENOL; HEXANE; METHANOL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINESE HERB; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CATHEPSIN B; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FORMAZANS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

DANGGUI; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33750681330     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095560     Document Type: Article

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