Essential oils and their constituents as anticancer agents: A mechanistic view

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gautam, Nandini ^a   Mantha, Anil K ^a   Mittal, Sunil ^a  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF PUNJAB   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTIMETASTATIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CATALASE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P53; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER RESISTANCE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; DNA REPAIR; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; OILS, VOLATILE;

EID: 84903625202     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/154106     Document Type: Review

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