Anticancer activity in HeLa and MCF-7 cells via apoptopic cell death by a sterol molecule Cholesta-4,6-dien-3-ol (EK-7), from the marine ascidian Eudistoma kaverium

Objective: Eudistoma kaverium, an ascidian belonging to the family Polycitoridae is previously recorded from Indian waters. The work done on this species is limited only to taxonomy and ecology. As ascidians are potential source of anticancer compounds, we have purified fractions of E. kaverium usin...

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Main Authors: Yasrib Qurishi, Vidya Devanathadesikan Seshadri, Mohammed Mustafa Poyil, Jeyaseelan Benjamin Franklin, Deepak Arun Apte, Mohammed H. Karrar Alsharif, Rajaian Pushpabai Rajesh, Randa Mohammed Zaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1018364721000793