Study of cytotoxic and apoptogenic properties of saffron extract in human cancer cell lines

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3443-3447

  Tavakkol Afshari, Jalil ^a   Brook, Azam ^a,c   Mousavi, Seyed Hadi ^b,c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Crocus sativus L.; Cytotoxicity; HeLa; HepG2

Indexed keywords

CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN L 929; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CROCUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 54449093368     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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