Epigallocatechin-3-gallate, a natural polyphenol, inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in human ovarian cancer cells

Anticancer Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2519-2523

  Rao, Sunita D ^a   Pagidas, Kelly ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell proliferation; Epigallocatechin 3 gallate; Ovarian cancer; SKOV 3 cells

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NICK END LABELING; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CATECHIN; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955830623     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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