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Article: Antiproliferative property of aqueous extract of garlic on human larynx tumour and non-tumour mouse fibroblast cell lines.(Global dispensary)
- Article from:
- Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism
- Article date:
- March 22, 2007
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Introduction: Laryngeal cancer is one of the most common head and neck malignancies and has been reported to account for approximately 1% of all new cancer diagnoses. Experimentally garlic and its associated sulfur components are reported to reduce tumour incidence in breast, colon, skin, uterine, esophagus and lung. In this study we investigated the in vitro effects of aqueous extract of garlic on Hep2 human larynx tumour cell lines as case and L929 cell lines as control.
Materials and methods: In a morphologic examination, Hep2 and L929 cell lines were cultivated in a 1:1 mixture of DMEM, supplemented with 10% FCS and 1% penicillin-streptomycin solution. Each ...