Chlorella vulgaris exhibited antioxidant and antitumour effects against liver cancer in in vivo and in vitro studies;Chlorella vulgaris menunjukkan kesan antioksidan dan antitumor terhadap kanser hepar dalam kajian in vivo dan in vitro

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 773-784

  Mukti, Nor Ashikeen ^a   Sulaiman, Suhaniza ^a   Saad, Suhana Md ^a   Basari, Junaida Maimunah Hassan ^a   Rahman, Mariati Abdul ^a   Ngah, Wan Zurinah Wan ^a   Yusof, Yasmin Anum Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Antitumour; Apoptosis; Chlorella vulgaris; Liver cancer; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350780315     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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