Nobiletin, a polymethoxylated flavonoid from citrus, shows anti-angiogenic activity in a zebrafish in vivo model and HUVEC in vitro model

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3313-3321

  Lam, Kai Heng ^a   Alex, Deepa ^a   Lam, In Kei ^a   Tsui, Stephen Kwok Wing ^b   Yang, Zi Feng ^c   Lee, Simon Ming Yuen ^a  

^a University of Macau   (Macao)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTI INFLAMMATORY; CELL CYCLE; FLAVONOID; NOBILETIN; ZEBRAFISH

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NOBILETIN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CITRUS FRUIT; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSEGMENTAL VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA EXTRACTION; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CITRUS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLAVONES; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZEBRAFISH;

CITRUS; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 80055018018     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.23257     Document Type: Article

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