Apoptotic effects of physalis minima L. chloroform extract in human breast carcinoma T-47D cells mediated by c-myc-, p53-, and caspase-3-dependent pathways

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-83

  Ooi, Kheng Leong ^a   Muhammad, Tengku Sifzizul Tengku ^b,c   Lim, Chui Hun ^a   Sulaiman, Shaida Fariza ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Kemeneterian Sains Teknologi dan Inovasi   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Apoptotic genes; Apoptotic morphology; DNA fragmentation; Phosphatidylserine externalization; Physalis minima

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA ACTIN; CASPASE 3; CHLOROFORM; LIPOCORTIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; MYC PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHYSALIS MINIMA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE SULFATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MYC PROTEIN, HUMAN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIN; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ONCOGENE C MYC; PHYSALIS MINIMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSALIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CASPASE 3; CHLOROFORM; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; PHYSALIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 77953957374     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735409356443     Document Type: Article

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