In vitro effects on proliferation, telomerase activity and apoptosis of an eremophilanoid sesquiterpene from Senecio oldhamianus Maxim in cultured human tumor cell lines

Pharmazie

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 802-806

  Wang, Chun Ming ^a   Yang, Hua ^b   Wei, Ya Ming ^c   Jia, Zhong Jian ^b   Zheng, Rong Liang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LANZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8,11 DIOXOL 6 EN 9ALPHA,10ALPHA EPOXY 8BETA HYDROXYEREMOPHILANE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BAG 1 PROTEIN; CAMPTOTHECIN DERIVATIVE; EREMOPHILANOID SESQUITERPENE; HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECINE; PROTEIN P53; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENECIO; SENECIO OLDHAMIANUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENES, BCL-2; GENES, P53; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENECIO; SESQUITERPENES; TELOMERASE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 6344269996     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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