Antitumor and immunomodulatory effects of Justicia spicigera Schltdl (Acanthaceae)

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 888-894

  Alonso Castro, Angel Josabad ^a,b   Ortiz Sánchez, Elizabeth ^b   Domínguez, Fabiola ^c   Arana Argáez, Victor ^d   Juárez Vázquez, Maria Del Carmen ^b   Chávez, Marco ^c   Carranza Álvarez, Candy ^e   Gaspar Ramírez, Octavio ^f   Espinosa Reyes, Guillermo ^f   López Toledo, Gabriela ^b   Ortiz Andrade, Rolffy ^d   García Carrancá, Alejandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antitumor; Apoptosis; Cancer; Immunomodulatory; Justicia spicigera; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; JUSTICIA SPICIGERA EXTRACT; KAEMPFEROL 3,7 DIRHAMNOSIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; JUSTICIA (PLANT); JUSTICIA SPICIGERA; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT LEAF; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLEEN CELL; TUMOR;

ACANTHACEAE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COMET ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SPLEEN; TUMOR BURDEN;

ACANTHACEAE; ALEXA; JUSTICIA SPICIGERA; MURINAE; MUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84861336882     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.03.036     Document Type: Article

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