Pfaffia paniculata (Brazilian ginseng) roots decrease proliferation and increase apoptosis but do not affect cell communication in murine hepatocarcinogenesis

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-155

  da Silva, Tereza Cristina ^a   Cogliati, Bruno ^a   da Silva, Ana Paula ^a   Fukumasu, Heidge ^a   Akisue, Gokithi ^b   Nagamine, Márcia Kazumi ^a   Matsuzaki, Patrícia ^a   Haraguchi, Mitsue ^c   Górniak, Silvana Lima ^a   Dagli, Maria Lúcia Zaidan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b School of Pindamonhangaba   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brazilian ginseng; Cancer; Chemoprevention; Hepatocarcinogenesis; Medicinal plants; Pfaffia paniculata; Phytochemicals; Proliferation; Saponin

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CYCLINE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GINSENG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PFAFFIA PANICULATA; PLANT ROOT;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMET ASSAY; CONNEXINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; PANAX GINSENG; PFAFFIA;

EID: 75949087804     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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