Quercetin inhibited clivorine-induced cleavage of caspase-3.

<p>(A) Protein expression of pro-caspase-3 (35 KDa) and cleaved caspase-3 (17/19 KDa) was determined by Western-blot analysis. The western blot figure represents one of at least three independent experiments with similar results. (B) The quantitative analysis of Western-blot results. Data were expressed as means ± SEM (n = 3 to 4). <i>* P<0.05</i>, <i>*** P<0.001</i> compared with the control; <i>^# P<0.05, ^### P<0.001</i> compared with clivorine.