Astragalus membranaceus lectin (AML) induces caspase-dependent apoptosis in human leukemia cells

Cell Proliferation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-21

  Huang, L H ^a   Yan, Q J ^a   Kopparapu, N K ^a   Jiang, Z Q ^a   Sun, Y ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT; ASTRALAGUS MEMBRANACEUS LECTIN; CASPASE 3; GALACTOSE; LACTOSE; PLANT LECTIN; PROCASPASE 3; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CARBOHYDRATES; CASPASE 3; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; K562 CELLS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LECTINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS;

EID: 84655163778     PISSN: 09607722     EISSN: 13652184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2011.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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