Plant lectins: Potential antineoplastic drugs from bench to clinic

Cancer Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Liu, Bo ^a   Bian, He jiao ^a   Bao, Jin ku ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Cancer; Drug; Plant lectin

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AVISCUMINE; CHITIN BINDING LECTIN; CONCANAVALIN A; GALANTHUS NIVALIS AGGLUTININ RELATED LECTIN; LECTIN; LEGUME LECTIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POLYGONATUM CYRTONEMA LECTIN; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEIN 2; RICE BRAN AGGLUTININ; RICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISCUM ALBUM LECTIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CANCER CELL; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEGUME; LIVER TUMOR; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 72049120117     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.05.013     Document Type: Review

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