Lectin of Abelmoschus esculentus (okra) promotes selective antitumor effects in human breast cancer cells

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 461-469

  Monte, Leonardo G ^a   Santi Gadelha, Tatiane ^b   Reis, Larissa B ^a   Braganhol, Elizandra ^a   Prietsch, Rafael F ^a   Dellagostin, Odir A ^a   e Lacerda, Rodrigo Rodrigues ^b   Gadelha, Carlos A A ^b   Conceição, Fabricio R ^a   Pinto, Luciano S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abelmoschus esculentus; Apoptosis; Cancer inhibition; Human breast cancer; Lectin; Okra; Plants

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEINS;

ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS; HUMAN BREAST CANCER; LECTIN; OKRA; PLANTS;

DISEASES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE; LECTIN;

ABELMOSCHUS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ABELMOSCHUS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LECTINS;

EID: 84896909058     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1382-4     Document Type: Article

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