Chemopreventive effects of Ginkgo biloba extract in estrogen-negative human breast cancer cells

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-108

  Park, Yong Joo ^a   Kim, Mi Jie ^a   Kim, Ha Ryong ^a   Yi, Min Sun ^a   Chung, Kyu Hyuck ^a   Oh, Seung Min ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Hoseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Breast cancer; Ginkgo biloba extract; MDA MB 231 cells

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; ESTROGEN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; MDG 5031; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASPASE 3; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84873724176     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 19763786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-013-0002-0     Document Type: Article

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