Modulation of apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2 cells) by a standardized herbal decoction of Nigella sativa seeds, Hemidesmus indicus roots and Smilax glabra rhizomes with anti- hepatocarcinogenic effects

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Samarakoon, Sameera R ^a   Thabrew, Ira ^a   Galhena, Prasanna B ^b   Tennekoon, Kamani H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; HEMIDESMUS INDICUS EXTRACT; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SMILAX GLABRA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; CELL NUCLEUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMIDESMUS; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; NIGELLA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; RHIZOME; SARSAPARILLA; STANDARD;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEMIDESMUS; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NIGELLA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOME; SEEDS; SMILAX;

EID: 84858971923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-25     Document Type: Article

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