Antineoplastic effects of bee honey and nigella sativa on hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 354-363

  Hassan, Mahmoud I ^a   Mabrouk, Gamal M ^a   Shehata, Hanan H ^a   Aboelhussein, Marwa M ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

apoptosis; bee honey; hepatocellular carcinoma; Nigella sativa; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CASPASE 3; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HONEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HEP G2 CELLS; HONEY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NIGELLA SATIVA; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869446702     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: 1552695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735410387422     Document Type: Article

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