Baicalein, an active component of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, induces apoptosis in human colon cancer cells and prevents AOM/DSS-induced colon cancer in mice

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1652-1658

  Kim, Dong Hwan ^a   Hossain, Mohammad Akbar ^a,b   Kang, Yong Jung ^a   Jang, Jung Yoon ^a   Lee, Yu Jin ^a   Im, Eunok ^a   Yoon, Jeong Hyun ^a   Kim, Hyung Sik ^c   Chung, Hae Young ^a   Kim, Nam Deuk ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Azoxymethane dextran sulfate sodium model; Baicalein; Colon cancer

Indexed keywords

AZOXYMETHANE; BAICALEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; DEXTRAN SULFATE; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRAIN HCT116; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS GEORGI; TUMOR GROWTH; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; AZOXYMETHANE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOGENS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLITIS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DEXTRAN SULFATE; FLAVANONES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NF-KAPPA B; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84885042534     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2013.2086     Document Type: Article

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