Antitumor properties and modulation of antioxidant enzymes' activity by Aloe vera leaf active principles isolated via supercritical carbon dioxide extraction

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-138

  El Shemy, H A ^a   Aboul Soud, M A M ^b   Nassr Allah, A A ^a   Aboul Enein, K M ^c   Kabash, A ^d   Yagi, A ^e  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^d Tanta University   (Egypt)

^e Placenta/Aloe Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lymphocytes leukemia; Acute myeloid leukemia; Aloe vera; Anticancer; Antioxidant enzymes; Ehrlich ascite carcinoma cells; Natural products

Indexed keywords

ALOE EMODIN; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ALOESIN; ALOIN; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OCTAPEPTIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALOE VERA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

ALOE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, SUPERCRITICAL FLUID; ENZYMES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 77149174218     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986710790112620     Document Type: Article

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