Prenylation enhances cytotoxicity of apigenin and liquiritigenin in rat H4IIE hepatoma and C6 glioma cells

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-124

  Watjen W ^a   Weber, N ^a   Lou, Y j ^b   Wang, Z q ^b   Chovolou, Y ^a   Kampkotter A ^a   Kahl, R ^a   Proksch, P ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytotoxicity; DPPH assay; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; APIGENIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; DICHLORODIHYDROFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FLAVONOID; FLUORESCENT DYE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ISOBAVACHIN; LICOFLAVONE C; LIQUIRITIGENIN; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLIOMA CELL; HEPATOMA CELL; IC 50; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRENYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; APIGENIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; GLIOMA; HEPATOCYTES; NEUROGLIA; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; RATS;

EID: 33751221000     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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