Apoptosis-inducing activity of Helleborus niger in ALL and AML

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 464-469

  Jesse, Patrick ^a   Mottke, Gritt ^a   Eberle, Jürgen ^a   Seifert, Georg ^a   Henze, Günter ^a   Prokop, Aram ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Helleborus; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Mistletoe

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE 3; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HELLEBORUS NIGER EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; VERATRUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; DRUG SYNERGISM; HELLEBORUS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 62449145606     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21905     Document Type: Article

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