The possible mechanism of action of palm oil γ-tocotrienol and α-tocopherol on the cervical carcinoma CaSki cell apoptosis

Biomedical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 194-200

  Hasani, Narimah A H ^a   Yusoff, Permeen A ^b   Khalid, B A K ^c   Ghapor, A M T ^d   Wan Ngah, Wan Zurinah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

tocopherol; tocotrienol; CaSki cell apoptosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CASPASE 3; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; PALM OIL; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN P53;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 62749111344     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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