Cannabinoids as therapeutic agents in cancer: Current status and future implications

Oncotarget

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 5852-5872

  Chakravarti, Bandana ^a   Ravi, Janani ^b   Ganju, Ramesh K ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cannabinoid agonists; Cannabinoid receptors; signaling

Indexed keywords

1 (2,3 DICHLOROBENZOYL) 5 METHOXY 2 METHYL 3 (2 MORPHOLINOETHYL)INDOLE; 1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N MORPHOLINO 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 1 DEOXY 3 (1,1 DIMETHYLBUTYL) DELTA8 TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; 2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 2 METHYL 3 (1 NAPHTHOYL) 1 PROPYLINDOLE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; 3 (1 NAPHTHOYL) 1 PENTYLINDOLE; 3 (2 IODO 5 NITROBENZOYL) 1 (1 METHYL 2 PIPERIDINYLMETHYL)INDOLE; 4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; 5 (4 CHLORO 3 METHYLPHENYL) 1 (4 METHYLBENZYL) N (1,3,3 TRIMETHYLBICYCLO[2.2.1]HEPTAN 2 YL) 3 PYRAZOLECARBOXAMIDE; AME 1241; AMINOALKYLINDOLE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; CYCLOHEXYLCARBAMIC ACID 3' CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL 3 YL ESTER; DEXANABINOL; DRONABINOL; ENDOCANNABINOID; ICOSANOID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; METHANANDAMIDE; PHYTOCANNABINOID; RIMONABANT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PAIN; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLIOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; NEOPLASM; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84906238485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2233     Document Type: Article

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