Anti-cancerous potential of polysaccharide fractions extracted from peony seed dreg on various human cancer cell lines via cell cycle arrest and apoptosis

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2017, Pages

  Zhang, Fang ^a   Shi, Jun Jun ^a   Thakur, Kiran ^a   Hu, Fei ^a   Zhang, Jian Guo ^a   Wei, Zhao Jun ^a  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti cancerous; Apoptosis; Cell cycle; Molecular mechanisms; Peony seed dreg; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYCLIN A; CYCLIN B1; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; CYCLIN E; CYCLIN E1; CYTOCHROME C; FLUOROURACIL; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P15; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P27; PROTEIN P53; SURVIVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL LINE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HCT 116 CELL LINE; HEK293 CELL LINE; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MCF-7 CELL LINE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAEONIA; PC 3 CELL LINE; PROSTATE CANCER CELL LINE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 85016140974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00102     Document Type: Article

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