Structural injury of osteosarcoma mitochondria by a novel antitumour agent, 2-methylfuranonaphthoquinone

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-454

  Pan, Jiehong ^a   Koyama, Junko ^b   Matayoshi, Akimasa ^a   Hirai, Kei Ichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticancer drug; Furanonaphthoquinone; Growth inhibition toxicity; Human osteosarcoma; HuO9 cell line; HuO9N2 cell line

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; MITOCHONDRIA;

ANTICANCER DRUG; CELL LINES; FURANONAPHTHOQUINONE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH-INHIBITION TOXICITY; HUMAN OSTEOSARCOMA; HUO9 CELL LINE; HUO9N2 CELL LINE; MITOCHONDRIAS;

FIBROBLASTS;

EID: 0032829599     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023701     Document Type: Article

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