The inhibitory effect of a herbal formula comprising ginseng and carthamus tinctorius on breast cancer

Life Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-200

  Loo, Wings T Y ^a   Cheung, Mary N B ^a   Chow, Louis W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Breast cancer; Carthamus tinctorius; Cell cycle; Ginseng

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XHU XIANG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GINSENG; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NICK END LABELING; SAFFLOWER; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; PANAX; TIME FACTORS;

CARTHAMUS; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 7044249664     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.06.021     Document Type: Article

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