Crocin inhibits proliferation and nucleic acid synthesis and induces apoptosis in the human tongue squamous cell carcinoma cell line tca8113

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2679-2683

  Sun, Jun ^a   Xu, Xiao meng ^b   Ni, Chen zhong ^c   Zhang, Hong ^d   Li, Xiao yu ^a   Zhang, Chao liang ^a   Liu, Yu rong ^a   Li, Sheng fu ^e   Zhou, Qi zhi ^f   Zhou, Hong mei ^g  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangdong Provincial Dental Hospital   (China)

^d SICHUAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^g SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Crocin; Nucleic acid synthesis; Oral squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863231369     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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