Lycopene phytocomplex, but not pure lycopene, is able to trigger apoptosis and improve the efficacy of photodynamic therapy in HL60 human leukemia cells

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 235, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1114-1125

  Ettorre, Anna ^a   Frosali, Simona ^b   Andreassi, Marco ^b   Di Stefano, Anna ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; In vitro evaluation; Lycopene; Mitochondrial transmembrane potential; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; LYCOPENE; LYCOPENE PHOTOCOMPLEX; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAROTENOID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA CONTENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL; LIGHT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; HL 60 CELL LINE; LEUKEMIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; APOPTOSIS; CAROTENOIDS; GLUTATHIONE; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 77957153985     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2010.009386     Document Type: Article

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