Psoralen inhibits malignant proliferation and induces apoptosis through triggering endoplasmic reticulum stress in human SMMC7721 hepatoma cells
Abstract Background Psoralen is a coumarin-like and coumarin-related benzofuran glycoside, which is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine to treat patients with kidney and spleen-yang deficiency symptom. Psoralen has been reported to show estrogen-like activity, antioxidant activity, osteobla...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-07-01
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Series: | Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40659-019-0241-8 |