Anticancer potential of aqueous extract of alocasia macrorrhiza against hepatic cancer in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 947-956

  Fang, Shengtao ^a   Lin, Caiyu ^a   Zhang, Quanbo ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Lin, Ping ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Wang, Xiujie ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alocasia macrorrhiza; Apoptosis; Cytotoxicity; Growth inhibition; Hepatoma

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZA EXTRACT; CASPASE 3; CYCLIN D1; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P21; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOCASIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR GROWTH; UPREGULATION;

ALOCASIA; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASPASE 3; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYCLIN D1; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PPAR GAMMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR BURDEN;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS;

EID: 84861332498     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.03.037     Document Type: Article

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