The ethanol extract of Scutellaria baicalensis and the active compounds induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis including upregulation of p53 and Bax in human lung cancer cells

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 221-228

  Gao, Jiayu ^a   Morgan, Winston A ^a   Sanchez Medina, Alberto ^a   Corcoran, Olivia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active compounds; Apoptosis; Lung cancer; P53; Proteomics; Scutellaria

Indexed keywords

BAICALEIN; BAICALIN; CYCLIN A; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN P53; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; WOGONIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUNG FIBROBLAST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; UP-REGULATION;

SCUTELLARIA; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 80053953558     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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