The monascus metabolite monacolin k reduces tumor progression and metastasis of lewis lung carcinoma cells

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 8258-8265

  Ho, Bing Ying ^a   Tzu Ming, P A N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anglogenesls; Metastasis; Monacolin k; Vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf)

Indexed keywords

MEVINOLIN; PLANT EXTRACT; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; LEWIS CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MONASCUS; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, LEWIS LUNG; FERMENTATION; LOVASTATIN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MONASCUS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

MONASCUS; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 70349333821     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf901619w     Document Type: Article

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