Anti-proliferative activity of synthetic ajoene analogues on cancer cell-lines

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Kaschula, Catherine H ^a,b   Hunter, Roger ^c   Hassan, Hassan T ^d   Stellenboom, Nashia ^c   Cotton, Jonathan ^c   Zhai, Xiao Q ^e   Parker, M Iqbal ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ajoene; Ajoene Analogues; Anti Cancer; Disulfide; Garlic

Indexed keywords

AJOENE; AJOENE DERIVATIVE; ALLICIN; ALLYL SULFIDE; ALLYLMETHYLDISULFIDE; ALLYLMETHYLTRISULFIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTARABINE; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; DIALLYL TRISULFIDE; DIMETHYLTRISULFIDE; FLUDARABINE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; S ALLYLCYSTEINE; S ALLYLMERCAPTOCYSTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DISULFIDE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG SENSITIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GARLIC; HUMAN; IC 50; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DISULFIDES; FEMALE; GARLIC; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALE; MICE; NEOPLASMS; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 79954529490     PISSN: 18715206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187152011795347450     Document Type: Article

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