Fenugreek a naturally occurring edible spice as an anticancer agent

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-278

  Shabbeer, Shabana ^a   Sobolewski, Michelle ^a   Anchoori, Ravi Kumar ^a   Kachhap, Sushant ^a   Davidson, Nancy ^a   Carducci, Michael A ^a   Khan, Saeed R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dietary bioactive agents; Diosgenin; Fenugreek; Pancreatic cancer and phosphorylation; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

DIOSGENIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; SULFORAPHANE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM GRAECUM EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SULFORAFAN; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; FENUGREEK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; UPREGULATION; BREAST TUMOR; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PANCREAS TUMOR; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROSTATE TUMOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPICE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DIOSGENIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPICES; THIOCYANATES; TRIGONELLA;

EID: 77953333830     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.8.3.7443     Document Type: Article

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