Cytotoxicity of fig fruit latex against human cancer cells

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1025-1033

  Wang, Jing ^a   Wang, Xiujie ^a   Jiang, Shu ^a   Lin, Ping ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Lu, Yanrong ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Xiong, Zhujuan ^a   Wu, Yaying ^a   Ren, Jingjing ^a   Yang, Hongliang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fig fruit latex; Growth inhibition; Human cancer cells

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BROXURIDINE; FICUS CARICA EXTRACT; LATEX; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FIG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FRUIT; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FICUS; HUMANS; LATEX; NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 38649130647     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.10.042     Document Type: Article

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