Antineoplastic activity of a series of ferrocene-containing alcohols

Anticancer Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5 A, 2007, Pages 3431-3433

  Shago, Rebotsamang F ^a   Swarts, Jannie C ^a   Kreft, Elke ^b   Van Rensburg, Constance E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Cytotoxicity; Electrochemistry; Ferrocenyl derivatives; HeLa

Indexed keywords

2 FERROCENYLETHANOL; 3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; 3 FERROCENYLPROPANOL; 4 FERROCENYLBUTANOL; ALCOHOL; FERROCENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LETHAL DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOLS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 35348952064     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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