Aqueous Vernomia amygdalina extracts alter MCF-7 cell membrane permeability and efflux

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-179

  Opata, Michael M ^a,b   Izevbigie, Ernest B ^a,b  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer cells; Efflux; Membrane permeability; Vernonia amygdalina

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PLANT EXTRACT; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNOMIA AMYGDALINA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BREAST CANCER; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NIGERIA; PLANT LEAF; TUMOR CELL LINE; VERNOMIA AMYGDALINA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; VERNONIA;

ANIMALIA; VERNONIA AMYGDALINA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; THYMIDINE; VERNONIA;

EID: 35548953242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph2006030019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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