Isoquinoline alkaloid berberine exerts its antineoplastic activity by inducing molecular DNA damage in hela cells: A comet assay study

Biology and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jagetia, Ganesh Chandra ^a   Rao, ^b  

^a MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b C U SHAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Berberine; Cell survival; Comet assay; DNA damage; HeLa cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922740894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/0974-8369.1000223     Document Type: Article

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