Tumor apoptosis induced by epoxide-containing piperazines, a new class of anti-cancer agents

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-191

  Eilon, Gabriel F ^a   Gu, Jirong ^d   Slater, Lewis M ^b   Hara, Kaoru ^c   Jacobs, John W ^a  

^a Hitachi Chemical Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Nippon Chemiphar Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chemotherapeutics; Epoxide containing piperazines

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIS[3 [3 METHYL 1 [4 (2,3,4 TRIMETHOXYBENZYL) 1 PIPERAZINYLCARBONYL]BUTYLCARBAMOYL]OXIRANE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER] HYDROGEN SULFATE; BIS[3 [3 METHYL 1 [4 (3 PHENYL 2 PROPENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYLCARBONYL]BUTYLCARBAMOYL]OXIRANE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER] HYDROGEN SULFATE; EPOXIDE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 0033981477     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002800050028     Document Type: Article

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