Effect of soy saponin on the growth of human colon cancer cells

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 3371-3376

  Tsai, Cheng Yu ^a   Chen, Yue Hwa ^a   Chien, Yi Wen ^a   Huang, Wen Hsuan ^a   Lin, Shyh Hsiang ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell differentiation; Cell proliferation; Colon cancer; Soy saponin

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN P53; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SOYBEAN SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SAPONIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN WIDR; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SOYBEAN; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL SHAPE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; SAPONINS; SOYBEANS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 77954845339     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i27.3371     Document Type: Article

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