Cytotoxicity of diospyrin and its derivatives in relation to the generation of reactive oxygen species in tumour cells in vitroandin vivo

Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-176

  Hazra, B ^a   Das Sarma, M ^a   Kumar, B ^a   Basu, S ^a   Das, K ^a   Pandey, B N ^b   Mishra, K P ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anti cancer activity; Diospyrin; Quinones; Reactive oxygen species; Redox potential

Indexed keywords

DIOSPYRIN; DIOSPYRIN 1; DIOSPYRIN 2; DIOSPYRIN 7; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; FLUOROMETRY; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ETHERS; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MICE; NAPHTHOQUINONES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 34147193172     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100514     Document Type: Article

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