Anticancer property of gallic acid in A549, a human lung adenocarcinoma cell line, and possible mechanisms

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-90

  Maurya, Dharmendra K ^a   Nandakumar, Nivedita ^b   Devasagayam, Thomas Paul Asir ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b D Y PATIL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Apoptosis; DNA damage; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CELL DNA; GALLIC ACID; GENOMIC DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL ASSAY; CELL DEATH; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; COLONY FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78650753963     PISSN: 09120009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3164/jcbn.11-004FR     Document Type: Article

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