The discovery and application of inhibitors of glutathione S-transferase as therapeutic agents - A review

Current Bioactive Compounds

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-50

  Ata, Athar ^a   Udenigwe, Chibuike C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer chemotherapy; Drug resistance; Glutathione S transferase; Glutathione S transferase inhibitors; Natural products; Therapeutic agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749133402     PISSN: 15734072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340708784533384     Document Type: Review

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