Steroid-linked nitrogen mustards as potential anticancer therapeutics: A review

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 137, Issue , 2013, Pages 271-300

  Saha, Pijus ^a   Debnath, Chhanda ^b   Bérubé, Gervais ^b  

^a JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticancer agents; Nitrogen mustard; Steroid; Steroid nitrogen mustard hybrids

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA BIS(2 HYDROXYETHYL)AMINOMETHYL ANDROST 17BETA OL; 17ALPHA ETHYLESTRADIOL 3 [N,NBIS(2 CHLOROETHYL)]CARBAMATE; 17BETA ESTRADIOL 3 [N,NBIS(2 CHLOROETHYL)]CARBAMATE; 3 N,N BIS(2 CHLOROETHYL)CARBAMOYL; AMINOCINNAMIC ACID; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTERONE; ANDROSTERONE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARMUSTINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CHLORMETHINE; CHLORMETHINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORONITROCARBAMOYL; DANSYLESTRAMUSTINE; EPIANDROSTERONE; ESTRAMUSTINE; ESTRAMUSTINE PHOSPHATE; ESTRAMUSTINEPHOSPHATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HECOGENIN; HOMO AZA STEROIDAL ALKYLATING ESTER; METHYLNITROSOUREA; NANDROLONE; NITROSOUREA; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER THERAPY; COMPARATIVE MOLECULAR FIELD ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE MOLECULAR SIMILARITY INDICES ANALYSIS; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REVIEW; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WALKER CARCINOMA;

4-ME-CABA; ACA; ADR; ADRIAMYCIN; AMINOCINNAMIC ACID; ANTICANCER AGENTS; BCNU; CARMUSTINE; CHL; CHLORAMBUCIL OR PARA-[N,N-BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL)AMINO]PHENYLBUTYRIC ACID; CHLORONITROCARBAMOYL; CISPLATIN; CNC; CP; DACARBAZINE; DANSYL ESTRAMUSTINE; DNSEM; DTIC; EM; EMP; EOM; ER; ESTRAMUSTINE; ESTRAMUSTINEPHOSPHATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROMUSTINE; HASE; HOMO-AZA-STEROIDAL ALKYLATING ESTER; ILS; INCREASE IN LIFESPAN; LDL; LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINE; MECCNU; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MICRONUCLEI; MN; MNU; NITROGEN MUSTARD; PARA-[N,N-BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL)AMINO]PHENOXY ACETIC ACID; PARA-[N,N-BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL)AMINO]PHENYLACETIC ACID; PARA-METHYL-META-[N,N-BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL)AMINO]BENZOIC ACID; PC; PHE; PHO; PRIS; PROLIFERATION RATE INDICES; PROSTATE CANCER; RBA; RECONSTITUTED-LDL; RELATIVE BINDING AFFINITY; RLDL; SCES; SEMUSTINE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGES; SMART; SOMATIC MUTATION AND RECOMBINATION TEST; STEROID; STEROID-NITROGEN MUSTARD HYBRIDS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; MECHLORETHAMINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEROIDS;

BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 84886728705     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: 18791220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.05.004     Document Type: Review

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