Homeopathic medicines do not alter growth and gene expression in prostate and breast cancer cells in vitro

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 356-361

  Thangapazham, Rajesh L ^a,b   Gaddipati, Jaya P ^a   Rajeshkumar, N V ^a   Sharma, Anuj ^a,b   Singh, Anoop K ^a   Ives, John A ^c   Maheshwari, Radha K ^a   Jonas, Wayne B ^c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^c SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Carcinosin; DU 145; Homeopathy; LNCaP; MAT LyLu; MDA MB 231

Indexed keywords

CEDAR LEAF OIL; CONIUM MACULATUM EXTRACT; SABAL EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CONIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SABAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33750860798     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735406294224     Document Type: Article

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