In vitro and in vivo evaluation of the anticarcinogenic and cancer chemopreventive potential of a flavonoid-rich fraction from a traditional Indian herb Selaginella bryopteris

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1154-1168

  Mishra, Pradyumna Kumar ^a,b   Raghuram, Gorantla Venkata ^a,b,c   Bhargava, Arpit ^a,b,c   Ahirwar, Alok ^a,c   Samarth, Ravindra ^a,d   Upadhyaya, Ravi ^e   Jain, Subodh Kumar ^c   Pathak, Neelam ^a  

^a BHOPAL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^e Madhya Pradesh State Biotechnology Council   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Flavonoids; Methyl isocyanate; Sanjeevani; Translational oncology

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CHLOROFORM; CYCLINE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FLAVONOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTONE H2AX; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; METHANOL; METHYL ISOCYANATE; PETROLEUM ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; SELAGINELLA BRYOPTERIS EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER MODEL; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRESS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE; GENOTOXICITY; HERB; LUNG ADENOMA; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; PCNA GENE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SELAGINELLA BRYOPTERIS; SKIN PAPILLOMA; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; PAPILLOMA; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SELAGINELLACEAE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

BRYOPTERIS; MURINAE; SELAGINELLA;

EID: 80053616501     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001498     Document Type: Article

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