Correlations between topological resonance energy of methyl-substituted benz[c]acridines, benzo[a]phenothiazines and chrysenes, and their carcinogenic or antitumor activities

Anticancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5 A, 1996, Pages 2757-2765

  Kurihara, Teruo ^a   Motohashi, Noboru ^b   Pang, Gui Lin ^c   Higano, Masaru ^a   Kiguchi, Katsunori ^a   Molnár, Joseph ^d  

^a JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Xinjiang Institute of Technology   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Benz c acridine; Benzo a phenothiazine; Effect of methyl substitution; Resonance energy per electron

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CHRYSENE DERIVATIVE; METHYL GROUP; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACRIDINES; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CARCINOGENS; CHRYSENES; PHENOTHIAZINES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0029958351     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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