Bergamot (Citrus bergamia Risso) fruit extracts as γ-globin gene expression inducers: Phytochemical and functional perspectives

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4103-4111

  Guerrini, Alessandra ^a   Lampronti, Ilaria ^a   Bianchi, Nicoletta ^a   Zuccato, Cristina ^a   Breveglieri, Giulia ^a   Salvatori, Francesca ^a   Mancini, Irene ^a   Rossi, Damiano ^a   Potenza, Rocco ^b   Chiavilli, Francesco ^b   Sacchetti, Gianni ^a   Gambari, Roberto ^a   Borgatti, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Azienda ULSS 18   (Italy)

Author keywords

thalassaemia; Bergamot extracts; Coumarins; Erythroid differentiation; Fetal hemoglobin; GC FID; GC MS; HPLC; K562 cells; NMR; Nonvolatile fraction; Psoralens

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN K 562; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CITRUS; ERYTHROCYTES; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELLS; FRUIT; GAMMA-GLOBINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM BERGAMIA;

EID: 66149095740     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf803489p     Document Type: Article

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