Antiproliferative effects of melatonin and CGP 52608 on the murine Colon 38 adenocarcinoma in vitro and in vivo

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 71-78

  Karasek, Michal ^a   Winczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Kunert Radek, Jolanta ^a   Wiesenberg, Irmgard ^b   Pawlikowski, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (3 ALLYL 4 OXO 2 THIAZOLIDINYLIDENE) 4 METHYLTHIOSEMICARBAZONE; 2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; BROXURIDINE; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031756038     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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