The medical Use of wheatgrass: Review of the gap between basic and clinical applications

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1002-1010

  Bar Sela, Gil ^a,d   Cohen, Miri ^b   Ben Arye, Eran ^c,d   Epelbaum, Ron ^a,d  

^a Division of Oncology   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; Hematological diseases; Immunology; Oxidative stress; Triticum aestivum; Wheatgrass

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANASTROZOLE; ASCORBIC ACID; BENZOQUINONE; CHLOROPHYLL; CISPLATIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DACARBAZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; EXEMESTANE; FERMENTED WHEAT GERM EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; FLUOROURACIL; INDOMETACIN; IRINOTECAN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; OXALIPLATIN; PLANT EXTRACT; TAMOXIFEN; TRITICUM AESTIVUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEATGRASS JUICE EXTRACT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CANCER CELL LINE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GRASS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; COTYLEDON; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLIC DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COTYLEDON; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84939832440     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138955751512150731112836     Document Type: Article

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