The Antitumor Activity of Plant-Derived Non-Psychoactive Cannabinoids

Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 255-267

  McAllister, Sean D ^a   Soroceanu, Liliana ^a   Desprez, Pierre Yves ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cannabidiol; Cannabinoid; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CANNABIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; AUTOPHAGY; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CANCER CELL LINE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG CANCER; METASTASIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR INVASION; UPREGULATION; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2;

EID: 84931003590     PISSN: 15571890     EISSN: 15571904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11481-015-9608-y     Document Type: Review

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