Leachianone A as a potential anti-cancer drug by induction of apoptosis in human hepatoma HepG2 cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 224-235

  Cheung, Crystal Sao Fong ^a   Chung, Karen Ka Wing ^a   Lui, Julian Chun Kin ^a   Lau, Ching Po ^a   Hon, Po Ming ^a   Chan, Judy Yuet Wa ^a   Fung, Kwok Pui ^a   Au, Shannon Wing Ngor ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Leachianone A; Liver cancer; Sophora flavescens

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEACHIANONE A; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEPATOMA CELL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIX SOPHORAE; SOPHORA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMONES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

MUS MUSCULUS; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 34347354153     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.01.025     Document Type: Article

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