Intravenous Administration of Manuka Honey Inhibits Tumor Growth and Improves Host Survival When Used in Combination with Chemotherapy in a Melanoma Mouse Model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Fernandez Cabezudo, Maria J ^a   El Kharrag, Rkia ^a   Torab, Fawaz ^a   Bashir, Ghada ^a   George, Junu A ^a   El Taji, Hakam ^b   al Ramadi, Basel K ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; NATURAL PRODUCT; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DEATH; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MANUKA HONEY; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; HONEY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPERMUM; MALE; MELANOMA; MICE; NECROSIS; PACLITAXEL; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84873606729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055993     Document Type: Article

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