Comparison of potential chemotherapeutic agents, 5-fluoruracil, green tea, and thymoquinone on colon cancer cells

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 42, Issue , 2006, Pages 350-356

  Norwood, Anne A ^a   Tan, Mary ^a   May, Marilyn ^a   Tucci, Michelle ^a   Benghuzzi, Hamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Colon cancer; EGCG; Green Tea; Morphology; SW 626 Cells; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; FREE RADICALS; INSTRUMENTS; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PHENOLS;

5-FLUOROURACIL; COLON CANCER; EGCG; GREEN TEA; SW-626 CELLS; THYMOQUINONE;

CHEMOTHERAPY; CELLS;

ANTIOXIDANT; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FLUOROURACIL; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; SCAVENGER; THYMOQUINONE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BLACK CUMIN; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLON CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TEA; WOUND HEALING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BENZOQUINONES; CATECHIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUOROURACIL; PLANT EXTRACTS; TEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

5-FLUOROURACIL; COLON CANCER; EGCG; GREEN TEA; SW-626 CELLS; THYMOQUINONE;

EID: 70449089588     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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