The chemopreventive flavonoid apigenin confers radiosensitizing effect in human tumor cells grown as monolayers and spheroids

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Watanabe, Norihiro ^a   Hirayama, Ryoichi ^b   Kubota, Nobuo ^a  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apigenin; Apoptosis; Radiosensitization; Spheroid

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOIDS; PROTEINS; TUMORS;

APIGENIN; CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; CHEMOPREVENTIVE; FLAVONOID; HUMAN TUMOR CELLS; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS; RADIO-SENSITIZATION; SPHEROID;

CELL DEATH;

EID: 33846893470     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.0635     Document Type: Article

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