Berberine inhibits human tongue squamous carcinoma cancer tumor growth in a murine xenograft model

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 887-890

  Ho, Yung Tsuan ^a   Yang, Jai Sing ^a   Lu, Chi Cheng ^b   Chiang, Jo Hua ^b   Li, Tsai Chung ^a   Lin, Jen Jyh ^c   Lai, Kuang Chi ^d,e   Liao, Ching Lung ^a   Lin, Jaung Geng ^a   Chung, Jing Gung ^a,f  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY BEIGANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Berberine; Human tongue SCC 4 cancer cells; In vivo; Xenograft transplantation

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE; DOXORUBICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BERBERINE; BERBERIS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RHIZOME; TINOSPORA; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 67650696599     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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