Open AccessDihydroartemisinin inhibits cell proliferation by induced G1 arrest and apoptosis in human nasopharyngealcarcinoma cells
Author(s) -
Zhenhe Huang,
Xueqin Huang,
Donghui Jiang,
Yuefei Zhang,
Bo Huang,
Guopei Luo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.151855
Subject(s) - dihydroartemisinin , apoptosis , cell growth , cell cycle checkpoint , cancer research , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , cell cycle , medicine , biology , immunology , biochemistry , malaria , artemisinin , plasmodium falciparum
Dihydroartemisinin (DHA) exhibits anticancer activity in a number of human cancer cells. However, it is still unknown whether DHA has anticancer effect on nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) cells.