In vitro cytotoxicity against different human cancer cell lines of laticifer proteins of Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1563-1573

  Soares de Oliveira, Jefferson ^a   Pereira Bezerra, Daniel ^a   Teixeira de Freitas, Cleverson Diniz ^a   Delano Barreto Marinho Filho, José ^a   Odorico de Moraes, Manoel ^a   Pessoa, Claudia ^a   Costa Lotufo, Letícia Veras ^a   Ramos, Márcio Viana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytotoxic activity; Latex; Topoisomerase I inhibitor

Indexed keywords

CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; LATEX; LATICIFER PROTEIN; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PRONASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CALOTROPIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DITHIOERYTHRITOL; HUMANS; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PLANT PROTEINS; PRONASE;

CALOTROPIS PROCERA;

EID: 36049006862     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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