Onopordum cynarocephalum induces apoptosis and protects against 1,2 dimethylhydrazine-induced colon cancer

Oncology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1517-1523

  El Najjar, Nahed ^a   Saliba, Najat ^a   Talhouk, Salma ^a   Gali Muhtasib, Hala ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Aberrant crypt foci; Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Chemoprevention; Herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; CARCINOGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; COLON TUMOR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; ONOPORDUM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

1,2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CARCINOGENS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; ONOPORDUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 34548037232     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.17.6.1517     Document Type: Article

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