Photoprotective effects of some quinoxaline 1,4-dioxides in hairless mice

Medical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 262-269

  Gali Muhtasib, Hala U ^a   Haddadin, Makhluf J ^a   Nazer, Musa Z ^a,b   Sodir, Nicole M ^a   Maalouf, Samar W ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

DNA synthesis; Mouse skin; ODC activity; Photocarcinogenesis; Quinoxaline 1,4 dioxide; UVB radiation

Indexed keywords

2 BENZOYL 3 PHENYLQUINOXALINE 1,4 DIOXIDE; DNA MARKER; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; QUINDOXIN; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; SKIN TUMOR; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0032464791     PISSN: 07360118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02787210     Document Type: Article

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