Hepatic protection and anticancer activity of curcuma: A potential chemopreventive strategy against hepatocellular carcinoma

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 505-513

  Li, Yan ^a   Shi, Xue ^b   Zhang, Jingwen ^a   Zhang, Xiang ^a   Martin, Robert C G ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Curcuma sesquiterpenoids; Hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cancer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCANAVALIN A; CURCUMA; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGENS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84894418187     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2013.2184     Document Type: Article

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