The garlic compound ajoene covalently binds vimentin, disrupts the vimentin network and exerts anti-metastatic activity in cancer cells
Abstract Background Garlic has been used for centuries for its flavour and health promoting properties that include protection against cancer. The vinyl disulfide-sulfoxide ajoene is one of the phytochemicals found in crushed cloves, hypothesised to act by S-thiolating reactive cysteines in target p...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-5388-8 |