Anti-proliferative effects of carvacrol on a human metastatic breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB 231

Phytomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 581-588

  Arunasree, K M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax Bcl2 ratio; Carvacrol; Cytochrome c; MDA MB 231 cells; PARP

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; CYTOCHROME C; LIPOCORTIN 5; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME RELEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOCHROMES C; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA; MONOTERPENES; ORIGANUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 77952291439     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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