Cytotoxic effect of the red beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) extract compared to doxorubicin (adriamycin) in the human prostate (PC-3) and breast (MCF-7) cancer cell lines

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 280-284

  Kapadia, Govind J ^a   Azuine, Magnus A ^b   Rao, G Subba ^c   Arai, Takanari ^d   Iida, Akira ^e   Tokuda, Harukuni ^d  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TransWorld Development Initiatives   (United States)

^c Global Technology Resource Center   (United States)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Betanin; Cytotoxic effects; Doxorubicin (adriamycin); Food color E162; Human cancer cell lines PC 3 and MCF 7; Red beetroot extract

Indexed keywords

BETA BULGARIS EXTRACT; BETACYANIN; DOXORUBICIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEET; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 79954542344     PISSN: 18715206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152011795347504     Document Type: Article

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