Amaranthus spinosus L. inhibits spontaneous and dexamethasone-induced apoptosis in murine primary splenocytes

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 52-61

  Lin, Jin Yuarn ^a   Li, Chia Yuan ^a   Lin, Bi Fong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anti apoptosis; DNA fragmentation; Medicinal vegetables; Murine primary splenocytes; Wild Amaranthus spinosus water extract (WASWE)

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS EXTRACT; DEXAMETHASONE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P80; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL; WILD PLANT;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS SPINOSUS; MURINAE;

EID: 55049112432     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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