title: Cytotoxic effect of flavonoids on leukemia cells and normal cells of human blood.
abstract: We compared the cytotoxic effect of 11 flavonoids on chronic myeloid leukemia (erythroblast crisis) K562 cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy donors. Baicalein and myricetin had a specific cytotoxic effect on leukemia cells.
authors.affiliation: Belarussian State University, Minsk, Belarussia. romanovskaya.t@mail.ru
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Romanouskaya
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Grinev
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D020014:K562 Cells; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D005419:Flavonoids