Bracken-fern Extracts Induce Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Certain Cancer Cell Lines |
Roudsari, Motahhareh Tourchi
(Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad)
Bahrami, Ahmad Reza (Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad) Dehghani, Hesam (Embryonic and Stem Cell Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad) Iranshahi, Mehrdad (Biotechnology Research Center and School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences) Matin, Maryam Moghadam (Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad) Mahmoudi, Mahmud (Immunology Research Center of Bu Ali, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences) |
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