Toxicity and apoptosis induced by berberine - A potential anticancer drug

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 17, 2005, Pages 97-100

  Letašiová, Silvia ^a   Jantová, Soňa ^a   Horváthová, Mira ^b   Lakatoš, Boris ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b Research Base of the Slovak Medical University   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Apoptosis; Berberine; Cell cycle; In vitro growth inhibition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; FUNGI; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 33751341985     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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