Ginsenoside Rg3 inhibit hepatocellular carcinoma growth via intrinsic apoptotic pathway

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 3605-3613

  Jiang, Jian Wen ^a   Chen, Xin Mei ^b   Chen, Xin Hua ^a   Zheng, Shu Sen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shandong Traditional Chinese Medicine University   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 family proteins; Cyclophosphamide; Ginsenoside Rg3; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GINSENOSIDE RG 3; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 80053064682     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i31.3605     Document Type: Article

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