Anthraquinones danthron and quinizarin exert antiproliferative and antimetastatic activity on murine B16-F10 melanoma cells

Anticancer Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 445-449

  Rossi, Stefania ^a   Tabolacci, Claudio ^a   Lentini, Alessandro ^a   Provenzano, Bruno ^a   Carlomosti, Fabrizio ^a   Frezzotti, Simona ^a   Beninati, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthraquinones; Danthron; Differentiation; Polyamines; Quinizarin; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

DANTRON; MELANIN; POLYAMINE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; QUINIZARIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; CELL LEVEL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA B16; MELANOMA CELL; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; MELANINS; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; POLYAMINES; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 77950546062     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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