Cytotoxicity and Cell Death Pathways Invoked by Two New Rhodium-Ferrocene Complexes in Benign and Malignant Prostatic Cell Lines

Anticancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2 B, 2004, Pages 763-770

  Weber, Brandon ^a   Serafin, Antonio ^a   Michie, John ^a   Van Rensburg, Cej ^b   Swarts, J C ^c   Bohm, Lothar ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Prostate cancer cell lines; Rhodium ferrocene complexes

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; CASPASE 8; CISPLATIN; FERROCENE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; RHODIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICRONUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CISPLATIN; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RHODIUM;

EID: 2442551968     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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