Antitumor effect and apoptosis induction of Alocasia cucullata (Lour.) G. Don in human gastric cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wei, Peng ^a,b   Zhiyu, Chen ^a,b   Xu, Tang ^c   Xiangwei, Zheng ^d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Sichuan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alocasia cucullata; Apoptosis; Cell cycle arrest; Gastric cancer; In vivo

Indexed keywords

ALOCASIA CUCULLATA EXTRACT; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CYCLIN D1; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOCHROME C; HOE 33342; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PETROLEUM ETHER; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CASPASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ALOCASIA; ALOCASIA CUCULLATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTRIC CANCER CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH CANCER; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ALOCASIA; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL CYCLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYCLIN D1; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; G1 PHASE; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RNA, MESSENGER; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84928719117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0554-2     Document Type: Article

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