Tea tree oil might combat melanoma

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-56

  Bozzuto, Giuseppina ^a   Colone, Marisa ^a   Toccacieli, Laura ^a   Stringaro, Annarita ^a   Molinari, Agnese ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

drug resistance; human melanoma cells; Melaleuca alternifolia; migration and invasion; Myrtaceae

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; TEA TREE OIL; TERPINEN 4 OL; VINCRISTINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MELALEUCA; MELANOMA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOSTATIC AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; MELALEUCA; MELANOMA; TEA TREE OIL;

MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 78650043298     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1250055     Document Type: Article

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