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.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 148, No. 7, pp. 68-71, July, 2009
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Romanouskaya, T.V., Grinev, V.V. Cytotoxic Effect of Flavonoids on Leukemia Cells and Normal Cells of Human Blood. Bull Exp Biol Med 148, 57–59 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-009-0633-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-009-0633-9