Protection of Ewing's sarcoma family tumor (ESFT) cell line SK-N-MC from betulinic acid induced apoptosis by α-DL-tocopherol

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-212

  Raghuvar Gopal, D V ^a   Narkar, A A ^a   Badrinath, Y ^a   Mishra, K P ^b   Joshi, D S ^b  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Apoptosis; Betulinic acid; Cytotoxicity; Membrane oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETULIC ACID; FLUORESCENT DYE; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SUPEROXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EWING SARCOMA; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPOPHILICITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANNEXIN A5; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SARCOMA, EWING'S; TRITERPENES;

EID: 4644344956     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.03.027     Document Type: Article

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