Ethanolic extract of Thuja occidentalis blocks proliferation of A549 cells and induces apoptosis in vitro

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1451-1459

  Mukherjee, Avinaba ^a   Sikdar, Sourav ^a   Bishayee, Kausik ^a   Paul, Avijit ^a   Ghosh, Samrat ^a   Boujedaini, Naoual ^b   Khuda Bukhsh, Anisur Rahman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b Boiron Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic agents; Apoptosis; Carcinoma; Cell proliferation; In vitro; Non small cell lung; Phytogenic; Plant extracts; Thuja

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CASPASE 3; CEDAR LEAF OIL; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND HEALING;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; THUJA;

EID: 84872031429     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20121218     Document Type: Article

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