Betulinic acid-induced cytotoxicity in human breast tumor cell lines MCF-7 and T47D and its modification by tocopherol

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 402-408

  Tiwari, Reeta ^a,b   Puthli, Abhay ^a,b   Balakrishnan, S ^b   Sapra, B K ^b   Mishra, K P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c Nehru Gram Bharati University   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancers; Chemotherapy; Tumor cell biology

Indexed keywords

BETULIC ACID; PIFITHRIN ALPHA; PROTEIN P53; TOCOPHEROL; TP53 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRITERPENE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER CELL LINE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MCF 7 CELL LINE; T47D CELL LINE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG INTERACTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MCF-7 CELLS; TOCOPHEROLS; TRITERPENES; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 84907055443     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07357907.2014.933234     Document Type: Article

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