Antiproliferative activity of various Uncaria tomentosa preparations on HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 565-572

  Pilarski, Radosław ^a   Poczekaj Kostrzewska, Magdalena ^b   Ciesiołka, Danuta ^a   Szyfter, Krzysztof ^b   Gulewicz, Krzysztof ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cat's claw; Cytotoxicity; HL 60; MTT; Oxindole alkaloids; Uncaria tomentosa

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ALKALOID; ISOMITRAPHYLLINE; ISOPTEROPODINE; MITRAPHYLLINE; PTEROPODINE; SPECIOPHYLLINE; TRYPAN BLUE; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCARINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CELL ASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; PLANT LEAF; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 38049141615     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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