Open AccessEssential oil of Curcuma wenyujin induces apoptosis in human hepatoma cells
Author(s) -
Yu Xiao,
FengQing Yang,
ShaoPing Li,
Guoqing Hu,
Simon MingYuen Lee,
Ying Wang
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.4309
Subject(s) - apoptosis , microbiology and biotechnology , cytochrome c , dna fragmentation , biology , mtt assay , cell cycle , growth inhibition , caspase 3 , chemistry , biochemistry , programmed cell death
To investigate the effects of the essential oil of Curcuma wenyujin (CWO) on growth inhibition and on the induction of apoptosis in human HepG2 cancer cells.