Antitumor effects and chemical compositions of Eupolyphaga sinensis Walker ethanol extract

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 178-182

  Ge, Gang Feng ^a   Yu, Chen Huan ^b   Yu, Bing ^a   Shen, Zhen Hua ^a   Zhang, Dong Liang ^a   Wu, Qiao Feng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Antitumor; Apoptosis; Fatty acid; Immunomodulatory

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE 3; EUPOLYPHAGA SINENSIS EXTRACT; FATTY ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOMA CELL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EUPOLYPHAGA SINENSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH1 CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; COCKROACHES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHANOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SOLVENTS; TH1 CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

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EID: 84862828285     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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