Antioxidants specifically inhibit cisplatin cytotoxicity of human malignant glioma cells

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6 A, 1998, Pages 4493-4497

  Roller, Arnd ^a   Weller, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cisplatin; Free radicals; Glioma; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; BUTHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; CAMPTOTHECIN; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; RHODAMINE 123; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TENIPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL SURVIVAL; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREE RADICALS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR STEM CELL ASSAY;

EID: 0032425714     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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