Antiproliferative effect of linalool on RPMI 7932 human melanoma cell line: Ultrastructural studies

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 547-549

  Cerchiara, Teresa ^a   Straface, Serafina Vittoria ^b   Brunelli, Elvira ^b   Tripepi, Sandro ^b   Gallucci, Maria Caterina ^b   Chidichimo, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiproliferative effect; Cell morphology; Linalool

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; ENZYME ANTIBODY; LINALOOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TERPENE;

ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL LINE; RPMI 7932 CELL LINE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRYPAN BLUE ASSAY; CHEMISTRY; TUMOR CELL LINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MONOTERPENES;

EID: 84933528403     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1501000401     Document Type: Article

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