Acalypha wilkesiana extracts induce apoptosis by causing single strand and double strand DNA breaks

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 616-623

  Lim, S W ^a   Ting, K N ^a   Bradshaw, T D ^b   Zeenathul, N A ^c   Wiart, C ^a   Khoo, T J ^a   Lim, K H ^a   Loh, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acalypha wilkesiana; Antiproliferative effect; Apoptosis; DNA damage; Human glioma; Human lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA EXTRACT; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HEXANE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; EUPHORBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; EUPHORBIACEAE; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ACALYPHA WILKESIANA;

EID: 81255208503     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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