Investigation of the chemopreventive potential of neem leaf subfractions in the hamster buccal pouch model and phytochemical characterization

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 271-281

  Manikandan, Palrasu ^a   Ramalingam, Senthil Murugan ^a   Vinothini, Govindarajah ^a   Ramamurthi, Vidya Priyadarsini ^a   Singh, Inder Pal ^b   Anandan, Rangasamy ^c   Gopalakrishnan, Mannathusamy ^a   Nagini, Siddavaram ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Azadirachta indica; Chemoprevention; Nuclear factor B; Xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEEK POUCH; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; AZADIRACHTA; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHEMOPREVENTION; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; ENZYMES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84867989100     PISSN: 02235234     EISSN: 17683254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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