Anticancer activity of Aloe vera and Calligonum comosum extracts separetely on hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 375-381

  Shalabi, Maram ^a   Khilo, Kh ^b   Zakaria, Mahmoud M ^c   Elsebaei, Mahmoud G ^a   Abdo, Walied ^b   Awadin, Walaa ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Apoptosis; Calligonum comosum; Hepatocellular carcinoma; HepG2

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; CALLIGONUM COMOSUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALLIGONUM COMOSUM; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAPDH GENE; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC50; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; ONCOGENE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84954512237     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(15)30372-5     Document Type: Article

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