Effects of thymoquinone and selenium on the proliferation of MG 63 cells in tissue culture

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 44, Issue , 2008, Pages 434-440

  Barron, James ^a   Benghuzzi, Hamed ^a   Tucci, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antineoplastic; Antioxidants; Differentiation; MG 63 cells; Proliferation; Selenium; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; ONCOLOGY; SELENIUM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS).; THYMOQUINONE;

TISSUE CULTURE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM; THYMOQUINONE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLACK CUMIN; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MIDDLE EAST; OSTEOBLAST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROID HORMONE METABOLISM;

EID: 42949175548     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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