Cytostatic and cytotoxic effects of alkylglycerols (Ecomer)

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Krotkiewski, Marcin ^a,c   Przybyszewska, Małgorzata ^b   Janik, Przemysław ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alkylglycerols; Mammary cell lines; Methoxyalkylglycerols; Ovary cell lines; Prostate cell lines

Indexed keywords

ALKYLGLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ECOMER; LIPOCORTIN 5; METHOXYALKYLGLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL DEATH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSTASIS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LD 50; OVARY CARCINOMA; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; STAINING;

ALKANES; ANNEXIN A5; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; MALE; NECROSIS; PROPIDIUM; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1642483608     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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