The selenium analog of the chemopreventive compound S,S'-(1,4-phenylenebis[1,2-ethanediyl])bisisothiourea is a remarkable inducer of apoptosis and inhibitor of cell growth in human non-small cell lung cancer.

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Published in Chem Biol Interact on March 20, 2009

Authors

Arunangshu Das1, James Bortner, Dhimant Desai, Shantu Amin, Karam El-Bayoumy

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.

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