Asian ginseng enhances the anti-proliferative effect of 5-fluorouracil on human colorectal cancer: Comparison between white and red ginseng

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 505-513

  Fishbein, Anna B ^a,b   Wang, Chong Zhi ^a,b   Li, Xiao Li ^a,b   Mehendale, Sangeeta R ^a,b   Sun, Shi ^a,b   Aung, Han H ^a,b   Yuan, Chun Su ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Human colorectal cancer; Panax ginseng; Red ginseng; White ginseng

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; GINSENG EXTRACT; GINSENOSIDE RB 1; GINSENOSIDE RB 2; GINSENOSIDE RB 3; GINSENOSIDE RC; GINSENOSIDE RD; GINSENOSIDE RE; GINSENOSIDE RG 1; GINSENOSIDE RG 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HCT116; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; GINSENG; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS INHIBITION;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUOROURACIL; GINSENOSIDES; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; PANAX; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 65549094129     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 19763786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-009-1405-9     Document Type: Article

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