Hormetic/Cytotoxic Effects of Nigella sativa Seed Alcoholic and Aqueous Extracts on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells Alone or in Combination with Doxorubicin

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 451-460

  Mahmoud, Sherif S ^a   Torchilin, Vladmir P ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cytotoxicity; Doxorubicin; Extract; Fixed oil; Nanoemulsion; Nigella sativa

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 84880963309     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-012-9493-4     Document Type: Article

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