Cytotoxic activity of extracts and crude saponins from Zanthoxylum armatum DC. against human breast (MCF-7, MDA-MB-468) and colorectal (Caco-2) cancer cell lines

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Alam, Fiaz ^a   Najum us Saqib, Qazi ^a   Waheed, Abdul ^b  

^a Development Studies   (Pakistan)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colorectal cancer; DAPI; MTT; NRU; Saponins; Zanthoxylum armatum

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DACTINOMYCIN; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZANTHOXYLUM ARMATUM EXTRACT; CHROMATIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BREAST CANCER CELL LINE; CACO-2 CELL LINE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL ASSAY; CELL DEATH; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DAPI STAIN ASSAY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYPTOSIS; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MCF-7 CELL LINE; MDA MB 468 CELL LINE; MTT ASSAY; NEUTRAL RED UPTAKE STAIN ASSAY; PLANT LEAF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM ARMATUM; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CACO-2 CELLS; CHROMATIN; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MCF-7 CELLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PREGNANCY; SAPONINS; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 85024105326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-017-1882-1     Document Type: Article

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