Antitumor and antimetastatic effects of licochalcone A in mouse models

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 829-838

  Kim, Jin Kyung ^a   Shin, Eun Kyung ^a   Park, Jun Hong ^a   Kim, Yoon Hee ^a   Park, Jung Han Yoon ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Hepatic metastasis; Licochalcone A

Indexed keywords

AZOXYMETHANE; BETA CATENIN; CYCLINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DEXTRAN SULFATE; DRINKING WATER; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; I KAPPA B ALPHA; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; KERATINOCYTE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; LICOCHALCONE A; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHALCONE DERIVATIVE; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHALCONES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYTOKINES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 77956458323     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-010-0625-2     Document Type: Article

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