Brassinolide, a plant sterol from pollen of Brassica napus L., induces apoptosis in human prostate cancer PC-3 cells

Pharmazie

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 392-395

  Wu, Yao Dong ^a   Lou, Yi Jia ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BRASSINOLIDE; CASPASE 3; PHYTOSTEROL; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLLEN; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPESEED; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGENS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRASSICA; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLESTANOLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLLEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STEROIDS, HETEROCYCLIC;

EID: 34249817857     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2007.5.6660     Document Type: Article

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