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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Main Authors: Xiaomin Wang, Peike Peng, Zhiqiang Pan, Zhaoqin Fang, Wenli Lu, Xiaomei Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Biological Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40659-019-0241-8