The anti-cancer activities of jasmonates

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 275-285

  Raviv, Ziv ^a   Cohen, Sharon ^a   Reischer Pelech, Dortit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; Cancer metabolism; Jasmonates; Mitochondria; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; JASMONIC ACID; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PACLITAXEL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ATTENUATION; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOMA; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CYCLOPENTANES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OXYLIPINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TNF-RELATED APOPTOSIS-INDUCING LIGAND;

EID: 84874117220     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: 14320843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00280-012-2039-z     Document Type: Review

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