Herbal medicine Guan Chang Fu Fang enhances 5-fluorouracil cytotoxicity and affects drug-associated genes in human colorectal carcinoma cells

Oncology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 701-708

  Yu, Chen ^a   Liu, Shen Lin ^b   Qi, Ming Hao ^b   Zou, X ^b   Wu, Jian ^b   Zhang, Jing ^c  

^a JIANGSU CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Nanjing Second Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Colon cancer cell; Guan Chang Fu Fang; Synergy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; GUAN CHANG FU FANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION ASSAY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; OPTICAL DENSITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84918842754     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.2766     Document Type: Article

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