Piper betle shows antioxidant activities, inhibits MCF-7 cell proliferation and increases activities of catalase and superoxide dismutase

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Abrahim, Noor N ^a   Kanthimathi, M S ^a   Abdul Aziz, Azlina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Catalase; Cytotoxicity; HPLC; MCF 7; Phenolic; Piper betle; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BETEL EXTRACT; CATALASE; CATECHIN; FLAVONOID; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEXANE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHANOL; MORIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL; QUERCETIN; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PIPER BETLE; PLANT LEAF;

EID: 84868678715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-220     Document Type: Article

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