Activation of intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in cancer cells by Cymbopogon citratus polysaccharide fractions

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-150

  Thangam, Ramar ^a,b   Sathuvan, Malairaj ^c   Poongodi, Arasu ^b,d   Suresh, Veeraperumal ^e   Pazhanichamy, Kalailingam ^e   Sivasubramanian, Srinivasan ^b   Kanipandian, Nagarajan ^g   Ganesan, Nalini ^d   Rengasamy, Ramasamy ^c   Thirumurugan, Ramasamy ^g   Kannan, Soundarapandian ^a,f  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Institute of Preventive Medicine   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^d SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^f PERIYAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer cells; Cymbopogon citratus; Cytotoxicity; Gene expression; Intrinsic apoptotic pathway; Plant polysaccharide; Xylofuranose

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY; ESSENTIAL OILS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

APOPTOTIC PATHWAYS; CANCER CELLS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; PLANT POLYSACCHARIDES; XYLOFURANOSE;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE 3; POLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR MARKER;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CYMBOPOGON; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYMBOPOGON; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896498172     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2014.02.039     Document Type: Article

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