Chemosensitizing effect of vitamin C in combination with 5-Fluorouracil in vitro

In Vivo

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-292

  Nagy, Beatrix ^a   Mucsi, Ilona ^a   Molnar, Jozsef ^a   Varga, Andreas ^b   Thurzo, Laszlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Apoptosis; Chemosensitizer; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; FLUOROURACIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSTASIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INJECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LYMPHOMA; MONOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0042122437     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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