Baicalin induces apoptosis in hepatic cancer cells in vitro and suppresses tumor growth in vivo

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 8958-8967

  Yu, Yang ^a   Pei, Mingyan ^c   Li, Ling ^b  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Heilongjiang Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Baicalin; Hepatic cancer

Indexed keywords

BAICALIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYCLIN A; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CANCER CELL LINE; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; TUMOR GROWTH; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOGRAFT;

MUS MUSCULUS; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 84938404129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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