Allicin purified from fresh garlic cloves induces apoptosis in colon cancer cells via Nrf2

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 947-957

  Bat Chen, Wolf ^a   Golan, Tal ^a   Peri, Irena ^a   Ludmer, Zvi ^a   Schwartz, Betty ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ALLICIN; CELL DNA; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CELL STRAIN HCT116; CELL STRAIN HT29; COLON CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOSOL; CYTOSTASIS; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GARLIC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; SULFINIC ACIDS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 77958010589     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2010.509837     Document Type: Article

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