Toxicity mechanisms of onion (Allium cepa) extracts and compounds in multidrug resistant erythroleukemic cell line

Biological Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-438

  Votto, Ana P S ^a   Domingues, Beatriz S ^a   de Souza, Michele M ^a   da Silva Júnior, Flavio M R ^a   Caldas, Sergiane S ^a   Filgueira, Daza M V B ^a   Clementin, Rosilene M ^a   Primel, Ednei G ^a   Vallochi, Adriana L ^b   Furlong, Eliana B ^a   Trindade, Gilma S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Apoptosis and or necrosis; DNA damage; MDR phenotype; Onion (Allium cepa); Tumoral cell

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 79851495746     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/s0716-97602010000400007     Document Type: Article

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