Capsaicin provokes apoptosis and restricts benzo(a)pyrene induced lung tumorigenesis in Swiss albino mice

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-259

  Anandakumar, P ^a   Kamaraj, S ^b   Jagan, S ^b   Ramakrishnan, G ^b   Devaki, T ^b  

^a Adama University   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Benzo(a)pyrene; Capsaicin; Chemoprevention; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CAPSAICIN; CASPASE 3; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

APOPTOSIS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CAPSAICIN; CHEMOPREVENTION; LUNG CANCER;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; CARCINOGENESIS; CASPASE 3; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA FRAGMENTATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 84880182793     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

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