Glioblastoma-specific anticancer activity of pheophorbide a from the edible red seaweed Grateloupia elliptica

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 346-353

  Cho, Myoung Lae ^a   Park, Gab Man ^b   Kim, Su Nam ^c   Amna, Touseef ^b   Lee, Seokjoon ^b   Shin, Woon Seob ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Cytostatic; Glioblastoma; Grateloupia elliptica; Pheophorbide a; Selective toxicity

Indexed keywords

GRATELOUPIA ELLIPTICA EXTRACT; PHEOPHORBIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B16 BL6 CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSTASIS; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; G0 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GLIOBLASTOMA; GRATELOUPIA ELLIPTICA; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MELANOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEAWEED; SKOV3 CELL; TOXICITY TESTING; U87MG CELL; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOSTATIC AGENTS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; NEURONS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84897827190     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.1308.08090     Document Type: Article

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