%0 Journal Article %T ANTITUMOR AND APOPTOTIC EFFECTS OF CUCURBITACIN A IN A-549 LUNG CARCINOMA CELLS IS MEDIATED VIA G2/M CELL CYCLE ARREST AND M-TOR/PI3K/AKT SIGNALLING PATHWAY %A Dan Shang %A Hong-ju Liu %A Juan-juan Xu %A Wen-dong Wang %A Xian-zhi Xiong %A Yan Liu %A Yuan Su %J Archive of "African Journal of Traditional, Complementary, and Alternative Medicines". %D 2017 %R 10.21010/ajtcam.v14i2.9 %X The main aim of this study was to demonstrate the antitumor potential of cucurbitacin A on A-549 NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer cells). The effects of Cucurbitacin A on apoptotic induction, cell physic, cell cycle failure and m-TOR/PI3K/Akt signalling pathway were also investigated in the present study %K Non-small cell lung cancer %K apoptosis %K cucurbitacin A %K cell cycle %K antitumor activity %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5446468/