Is it right to look for anti-cancer drugs amongst compounds having antioxidant effect?

DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a   Shetab Boushehri, Seyed Vahid ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cancer; Free radicals; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

CANCER PREVENTION; CELL FATE; DRUG SCREENING; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METASTASIS INHIBITION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84870223410     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: 20082231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2008-2231-20-61     Document Type: Editorial

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