Platycodon grandiflorum induces apoptosis in SKOV3 human ovarian cancer cells through mitochondrial-dependent pathway

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 373-386

  Hu, Qin ^a   Pan, Ruile ^a   Wang, Liwei ^a   Peng, Bo ^a,c   Tang, Jingtian ^b   Liu, Xinmin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Platycodon grandiflorum; SKOV3 Cells

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; LIPOCORTIN 5; PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM EXTRACT; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OVARY CANCER; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLATYCODON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77951689872     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X10007919     Document Type: Article

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