Apoptotic cell death: a possible key event in mediating the in vitro anti-proliferative effect of a novel copper(II) complex, [Cu(4-Mecdoa)(phen)(2)] (phen=phenanthroline, 4-Mecdoa=4-methylcoumarin-6,7-dioxactetate), in human malignant cancer cells.

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Published in Eur J Pharmacol on May 21, 2007

Authors

Bhumika Thati1, Andy Noble, Bernadette S Creaven, Maureen Walsh, Kevin Kavanagh, Denise A Egan

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland.

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