Golden berry-derived 4β-hydroxywithanolide E for selectively killing oral cancer cells by generating ROS, DNA damage, and apoptotic pathways.

BACKGROUND:Most chemotherapeutic drugs for killing cancer cells are highly cytotoxic in normal cells, which limits their clinical applications. Therefore, a continuing challenge is identifying a drug that is hypersensitive to cancer cells but has minimal deleterious effects on healthy cells. The aim...

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Main Authors: Chien-Chih Chiu, Jo-Wen Haung, Fang-Rong Chang, Kuang-Jing Huang, Hsuan-Min Huang, Hurng-Wern Huang, Chon-Kit Chou, Yang-Chang Wu, Hsueh-Wei Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3660349?pdf=render