Antitumoural and antiangiogenic activity of Portuguese propolis in in vitro and in vivo models

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 11, Issue C, 2014, Pages 160-171

  Silva Carvalho, Ricardo ^a,b   Miranda Gonçalves, Vera ^a,b   Ferreira, Ana Margarida ^c   Cardoso, Susana M ^d   Sobral, Abílio J F N ^e   Almeida Aguiar, Cristina ^b   Baltazar, Fátima ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antiangiogenic activity; Antitumoural activity; Cancer; Cancer metabolism; Portuguese propolis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926359911     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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