Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of defence secretion of Ulomoides dermestoides on A549 cells

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 204-209

  Crespo, Rosana ^a   Villaverde, M Luciana ^a   Girotti, Juan R ^a   Güerci, Alba ^b,c   Juárez, M Patricia ^a   De Bravo, Margarita G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^c Centro de Investigación de Transferencia en Oncología Molecular Argentina CITOMA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Benzoquinones; Cytotoxicity; Genotoxicity; Pentadecene; Tenebrionidae; Ulomoides dermestoides

Indexed keywords

1 PENTADECENE; 1,4 BENZOQUINONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROMETHANE; TETRAZOLIUM; TRYPAN BLUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; INSECT; LUNG CARCINOMA; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TUMOR;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BEETLES; BENZOQUINONES; CARCINOMA; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 79958081571     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.04.056     Document Type: Article

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