Pro-apoptotic activities of novel synthetic quinones in human cancer cell lines

Cancer Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-27

  Sagar, Sunil ^a   Green, Ivan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Diospyrin; DNA fragmentation; Quinones

Indexed keywords

1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; 2 (1',4' BENZOQUINON 2' YL) 5 HYDROXY 7 METHYL 1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 2 (1',4' BENZOQUINON 2' YL) 7 METHYL 1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 2 (1',4',5' TRIMETHOXY 7' METHYLNAPHTHALEN 2' YL) 5 METHOXY 7 METHYL 1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; 2 (5',10' DIOXYDITHIANTHREN 1' YL) 7 METHYL 1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE; CAMPTOTHECIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CAMPTOTHECIN; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUINONES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349296816     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.04.036     Document Type: Article

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