Teucrium plant species as natural sources of novel anticancer compounds: Antiproliferative, proapoptotic and antioxidant properties

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4190-4205

  Stankovic, Milan S ^a   Curcic, Milena G ^a   Zizic, Jovana B ^a   Topuzovic, Marina D ^a   Solujic, Slavica R ^a   Markovic, Snezana D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acridin orange ethidium bromide assay; Antioxidants; Antiprolifertative activity; MTT assay; Phenols; References; Teucrium

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; METHANOL; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM ARDUINI EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM BOTRYS EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM MONTANUM EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM POLIUM EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM SCORDIOIDES EXTRACT; TEUCRIUM SCORDIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE; TEUCRIUM EXTRACT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL DEATH; CELL STRAIN HCT116; CELL VIABILITY; COLON CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GERMANDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEUCRIUM ARDUINI; TEUCRIUM BOTRYS; TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS; TEUCRIUM MONTANUM; TEUCRIUM SCORDIOIDES; TEUCRIUM SCORDIUM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HCT116 CELL LINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

TEUCRIUM; TEUCRIUM CHAMAEDRYS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUPEROXIDES; TEUCRIUM;

EID: 79960888620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12074190     Document Type: Article

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