Para-Phenylenediamine Induces Apoptotic Death of Melanoma Cells and Reduces Melanoma Tumour Growth in Mice

Melanoma is one of the most aggressive forms of cancer, usually resistant to standard chemotherapeutics. Despite a huge number of clinical trials, any success to find a chemotherapeutic agent that can effectively destroy melanoma is yet to be achieved. Para-phenylenediamine (p-PD) in the hair dyes i...

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Main Authors: Debajit Bhowmick, Kaushik Bhar, Sanjaya K. Mallick, Subhadip Das, Nabanita Chatterjee, Tuhin Subhra Sarkar, Rajarshi Chakrabarti, Krishna Das Saha, Anirban Siddhanta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Biochemistry Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3137010