Curcumin inhibits human lung large cell carcinoma cancer tumour growth in a murine xenograft model

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-192

  Su, Chin Cheng ^a   Yang, Jai Sing ^b   Lu, Chi Cheng ^c   Chiang, Jo Hua ^c   Wu, Chang Lin ^b   Lin, Jen Jyh ^d   Lai, Kuang Chi ^d,e   Hsia, Te Chun ^d   Lu, Hsu Feng ^f,g   Fan, Ming Jen ^h   Chung, Jing Gung ^b,h  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY BEIGANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CHENG HSIN REHABILITATION MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^g FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Curcumin; Human lung NCI H460 cancer cells; In vivo; Xenograft transplantation

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; DOXORUBICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; TUMOR VOLUME; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CURCUMIN; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 75849134942     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2905     Document Type: Article

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