Dichloromethane fraction of Melissa officinalis induces apoptosis by activation of intrinsic and extrinsic pathways in human leukemia cell lines

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 313-320

  Ebrahimnezhad Darzi, Salimeh ^a   Amirghofran, Zahra ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Leukemia cell lines; Melissa officinalis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUTANOL; DICHLOROMETHANE; FAS ANTIGEN; HEXANE; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL TYPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LEUKEMIA CELL; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; K562 CELLS; MELISSA; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84877864113     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2013.768268     Document Type: Article

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