Demonstration of the lapachol as a potential drug for reducing cancer metastasis

Oncology Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 329-333

  Balassiano, Ilana Teruszkin ^a   De Paulo, Sheila Alves ^a   Silva, Nathalie Henriques ^a   Cabral, Maulori Curié ^a   Carvalho, Maria D A Gloria D A Costa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chorioallantoic membrane (CAM); Lapachol; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LAPACHOL; NAPHTHOQUINONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NAPHTHOQUINONES; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 16244382395     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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