Curcumin does not bind or intercalate into DNA and a note on the gray side of curcumin

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 242-245

  Kurien, Biji T ^a   Dillon, Skyler P ^a,b   Dorri, Yaser ^a,b   D'Souza, Anil ^a,b   Scofield, R Hal ^a,b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CASPASE 3; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; CURCUMIN; DNA; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INTERCALATING AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CURCUMIN; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; INTERCALATING AGENTS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78349256587     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25290     Document Type: Letter

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