Antioxidant activity of Astragalus polysaccharides and antitumour activity of the polysaccharides and siRNA

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 240-244

  Li, Rui ^a   Chen, Wei Chang ^a   Wang, Wei Peng ^a   Tian, Wen Yan ^a   Zhang, Xue Guang ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Antitumour; Astragalus polysaccharides; FT IR; Psilencer1. 0 U6 P I3K siRNA; siRNA

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION BAND; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; ANTITUMOUR ACTIVITY; ASTRAGALUS POLYSACCHARIDES; CARBOXYL GROUPS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HPLC ANALYSIS; IN-CELL; IN-VITRO; RETENTION TIME; STRETCHING VIBRATIONS;

ABSORPTION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GLUCOSE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RNA; STRETCHING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 77955432582     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.02.048     Document Type: Article

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