Inhibition of tumor cell growth by monoterpenes in vitro: Evidence of a Ras-independent mechanism of action

Anti-Cancer Drugs

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 422-429

  Karlson, Jan ^a   Borg Karlson, Anna Karin ^b   Unelius, Rikard ^b   Shoshan, Maria C ^a   Wilking, Nils ^a   Ringborg, Ulrik ^a   Linder, Stlg ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

d limonene; Isoprenylation; MAP kinase; Monoterpene; Ras

Indexed keywords

7 METHYLPERILLYL ALCOHOL; BZA 5B; COLLAGENASE; LIMONENE; LIMONENE 1,2 EPOXIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PERILLYL ALCOHOL; PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; RAS PROTEIN; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; ISOPRENYLATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERTANT; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLLAGENASES; CYCLOHEXENES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; FIBROBLASTS; GENES, RAS; MONOTERPENES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RAS PROTEINS; RATS; TERPENES; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 0029934112     PISSN: 09594973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001813-199606000-00008     Document Type: Article

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