Assessment of cellular responses to oxidative stress using MCF-7 breast cancer cells, black seed (N. Sativa L.) extracts and H2O2

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 411-419

  Farah, Ibrahim O ^a  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Black seed; Hydrogen peroxide; MCF 7 breast cancer cells; Nigella sativa; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; BREAST CANCER; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TISSUE CULTURE;

NIGELLA SATIVA; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 35448934006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2005030005     Document Type: Article

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