Evaluation of cytotoxiciy and tumor-specificity of licorice flavonoids based on chemical structure

Anticancer Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3061-3068

  Ohno, Hirokazu ^a   Araho, Daisuke ^a   Uesawa, Yoshihiro ^b   Kagaya, Hajime ^b   Ishihara, Mariko ^c   Sakagami, Hiroshi ^c   Yamamoto, Masaji ^a  

^a Maruzen Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical descriptor; Cytotoxicity; Licorice flavonoids; QSAR; Tumorspecificity index

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; LIQUIRITIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SPECIFICITY; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL DESCRIPTOR; CYTOTOXICITY; LICORICE FLAVONOIDS; QSAR; TUMOR-SPECIFICITY INDEX;

CELL DEATH; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84883295940     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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