Effect of litreol on the viability of human cancer cells

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 179, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 178-184

  Russo, Alessandra ^a   Cardile, Venera ^a   De Ioannes, Alfredo ^b   Garbarino, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Department of R and D Biosonda SA ^*  (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer cells; Cell growth; Litreol; Necrosis; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CATECHOL DERIVATIVE; GENOMIC DNA; LITREOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LITHRAEA CAUSTICA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELANOMA CELL; PROSTATE CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CATECHOLS; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANACARDIACEAE; LITHRAEA CAUSTICA;

EID: 62549102433     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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