Rapid dimerization of quercetin through an oxidative mechanism in the presence of serum albumin decreases its ability to induce cytotoxicity in MDA-MB-231 cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 427, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 415-420

  Pham, Anh ^a   Bortolazzo, Anthony ^a   White, J Brandon ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ascorbic acid; Flavonoid; HPLC MS; Oxidation; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DIMER; ISOQUERCITRIN; QUERCETIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIMERIZATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; DIMERIZATION; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; KINETICS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUERCETIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84867845561     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.09.080     Document Type: Article

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