Allicin inhibits cell growth and induces apoptosis through the mitochondrial pathway in HL60 and U937 cells

Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 524-535

  Miron, Talia ^a   Wilchek, Meir ^a   Sharp, Ayala ^a   Nakagawa, Yoshihito ^b   Naoi, Makoto ^b   Nozawa, Yoshinori ^b   Akao, Yukihiro ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b GIFU INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allicin; Apoptosis; Garlic; GSH; HL60; U937

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALLICIN; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOCHROME C; GLUTATHIONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL STRAIN U937; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CASPASES; CELL DIVISION; CYTOCHROMES C; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFINIC ACIDS; U937 CELLS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 46749116520     PISSN: 09552863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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