Apigenin: A promising molecule for cancer prevention

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 962-978

  Shukla, Sanjeev ^a,b   Gupta, Sanjay ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Apigenin; Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Chemoprevention; Flavonoids

Indexed keywords

5,6 DICHLOROBENZIMIDAZOLE RIBOSIDE; APIGENIN; FLAVONOID; FLUOROURACIL; GENISTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; QUERCETIN; SULFORAPHANE;

ADRENAL CANCER; ADRENAL CORTICAL CANCER; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; COLON CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENZYME INHIBITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; APIGENIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77953189137     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: 1573904X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11095-010-0089-7     Document Type: Review

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