Heartwood extract of Acacia catechu induces apoptosis in human breast carcinoma by altering bax/bcl-2 ratio

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 10, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 27-33

  Ghate, Nikhil ^a   Hazra, Bibhabasu ^a   Sarkar, Rhitajit ^a   Mandal, Nripendranath ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acacia catechu; anticancer; apoptosis; bax bcl 2; caspase; MCF 7

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894199765     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: 09764062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.126654     Document Type: Article

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