Evaluation of carbamate insecticides as chemotherapeutic agents for cancer

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-79

  Amanullah, Mohd ^a   Hari, Babu Y ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

baygon; Cancer; carbamate; carbaryl; carbofuran; chemotherapy; insecticides

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID; CARBARIL; CARBOFURAN; DYE; INSECTICIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; PROPOXUR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; CARBAMATES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CATTLE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; INSECTICIDES; MALE;

EID: 79951970768     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.75837     Document Type: Article

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