Anticancer activity of natural compound (Zerumbone) extracted from Zingiber zerumbet in human HeLa cervical cancer cells

International Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 160-168

  Adbul, A B H ^a   Al Zubairi, A S ^a,b   Tailan, N D ^a   Wahab, S I A ^a   Zain, Z N M ^a   Rusley, S ^a   Syam, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Caspase 3; Cervical cancer; HPLC; LCMS; NMR; Zerumbone

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CISPLATIN; GINGER EXTRACT; METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZERUMBONE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLORIMETRY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG PURITY; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RHIZOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET;

EID: 60249090960     PISSN: 18117775     EISSN: 18125700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijp.2008.160.168     Document Type: Article

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