Oxidative activation of indole-3-acetic acids to cytotoxic species- a potential new role for plant auxins in cancer therapy.

Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and some derivatives can be oxidised by horseradish peroxidase (HRP) to cytotoxic species. Upon treatment with IAA/HRP, liposomes undergo lipid peroxidation, strand breaks and adducts are formed in supercoiled plasmid DNA, and mammalian cells in culture lose colony-forming...

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Autores principales: Folkes, L, Wardman, P
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2001