Ethanolic neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) leaf extract induces apoptosis and inhibits the IGF signaling pathway in breast cancer cell lines

Biomedicine and Preventive Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-68

  Elumalai, Perumal ^a   Gunadharini, Dharmalingam Nandagopal ^a   Senthilkumar, Kalimuthu ^a   Banudevi, Sivanantham ^a   Arunkumar, Ramachandran ^a   Benson, Chellakkan Selvanesan ^a   Sharmila, Govindaraj ^a   Arunakaran, Jagadeesan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Breast cancer cells; Ethanolic neem leaf extract; IGF signaling

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; CYCLIN D1; CYTOCHROME C; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAS PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA EXTRA LARGE GENE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAKIN RECEPTOR GENE; FAS LIGAND GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GENE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; RATTUS;

EID: 84858294728     PISSN: 22105239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bionut.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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