Hypericium perforatum extract ( St. John's Wort) and hypericin induce apoptosis in leukemic HL-60 cells by effecting h-TERT activity

Turkish Journal of Hematology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 127-133

  Özen, Kezban Pinar ^a   Şahin, Fahri ^a   Avci, Çiǧir Biray ^a   Hişil, Yaşar ^b   Gündüz, Cumhur ^a   Saydam, Güray ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; h TERT; Hypericin; Hypericium perforatum L.

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; HYPERICIN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MESSENGER RNA; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DILUTION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LEUKEMIA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION;

EID: 35948936884     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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