Snake venom inhibits the growth of mouse mammary tumor cells in vitro and in vivo

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-41

  El Refael, Mohamed F ^a   Sarkar, Nurul H ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Mouse mammary tumor cells; Necrosis; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

DNA; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL KILLING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TUMOR CELL LINE; TUMOR VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NECROSIS; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

CERASTES CERASTES; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; MUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 67349173178     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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