Thymoquinone inhibits murine leukemia WEHI-3 Cells In vivo and in vitro

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Ali Salim, Landa Zeenelabdin ^a   Othman, Rozana ^a   Abdulla, Mahmood Ameen ^a   Al Jashamy, Karim ^b   Ali, Hapipah Mohd ^a   Hassandarvish, Pouya ^a   Dehghan, Firouzeh ^a   Ibrahim, Mohamed Yousif ^a   Ahmed Omer, Fatima Abd Elmutaal ^a   Mohan, Syam ^c   Wang, Zhengqi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SEGI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; THYMOQUINONE; VINBLASTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LIVER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; S PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; SPLEEN; UPREGULATION; WEHI 3 CELL LINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 84964314331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115340     Document Type: Article

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