Preventive effects of berberine on experimental colon cancer and relationship with cyclooxygenase-2 expression

Zhongguo Zhongyao Zazhi

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2768-2773

  Wu, Ke ^a   Yang, Junxia ^a   Zhou, Qixin ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Berberine; Colon cancer; COX 2

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; BERBERINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DEXTRAN SULFATE; MELOXICAM; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CONCENTRATION-TIME CURVE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

1,2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; ABERRANT CRYPT FOCI; ANIMALS; BERBERINE; BODY WEIGHT; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DEXTRAN SULFATE; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 78751679811     PISSN: 10015302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4268/cjcmm20102029     Document Type: Article

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