Alocasia cucullata Exhibits Strong Antitumor Effect In Vivo by Activating Antitumor Immunity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Peng, Qiuxian ^a,b   Cai, Hongbing ^a   Sun, Xuegang ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Mo, Zhixian ^a   Shi, Jue ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA CUCULLATA EXTRACT; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALOCASIA; ALOCASIA CUCULLATA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN THP 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN INDUCTION; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

ALOCASIA; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER;

EID: 84884541984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075328     Document Type: Article

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