A specific combination of ascorbic acid, lysine, proline and epigallocatechin gallate inhibits proliferation and extracellular matrix invasion of various human cancer cell lines

Research Communications in Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages

  Netke, Shrirang P ^a   Roomi, M Waheed ^a   Ivanov, Vadim ^a   Niedzwieki, Aleksandra ^a   Rath, Matthias ^a  

^a Matthias Rath Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiproliferative and antimetastatic effect; Breast cancer (MDA MB 231); Colon cancer (HCT116); Epigallocatechin gallate; Gelatinase zymography; Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) 2 and 9; Proliferation of cancer; Skin melanoma (A2058)

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GELATINASE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; LYSINE; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON CANCER; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN CANCER; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 4043082769     PISSN: 10871101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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