In Vitro Characterization of the Pharmacological Properties of the Anti-Cancer Chelator, Bp4eT, and Its Phase I Metabolites.

Cancer cells have a high iron requirement and many experimental studies, as well as clinical trials, have demonstrated that iron chelators are potential anti-cancer agents. The ligand, 2-benzoylpyridine 4-ethyl-3-thiosemicarbazone (Bp4eT), demonstrates both potent anti-neoplastic and anti-retroviral...

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Main Authors: Eliška Potůčková, Jaroslav Roh, Miloslav Macháček, Sumit Sahni, Ján Stariat, Vít Šesták, Hana Jansová, Pavlína Hašková, Anna Jirkovská, Kateřina Vávrová, Petra Kovaříková, Danuta S Kalinowski, Des R Richardson, Tomáš Šimůnek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4604124?pdf=render