CASP3 | caspase 3, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase | 836 | Hepatocellular carcinoma | SMMC-7721 | - | - | - | - | Caspase-3 plays a central role in mediating various apoptotic responses. In this study, caspase-3 protease activity significantly increased in a time-dependent manner after liquiritigenin treatment. 0.4 mM liquiritigenin strongly induced activation of caspae-3 protease as early as 24 h, and the maximum activity at 72 h was 773.94 ± 31.04%, which was about 7-fold increase compared with control. | 19150383 |