Artemisinin and curcumin inhibit Drosophila brain tumor, prolong life span, and restore locomotor activity.

Das, Sourajit Soumyaranjan; Nanda, Gargi Gouranga; Alone, Debasmita Pankaj

Das, Sourajit Soumyaranjan; Nanda, Gargi Gouranga; Alone, Debasmita Pankaj.

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Das SS; School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

IUBMB Life ; 66(7): 496-506, 2014 Jul.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24975030

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Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology; Artemisinins/pharmacology; Brain Neoplasms/drug therapy; Curcumin/pharmacology; Motor Activity/drug effects; Animals; Drosophila melanogaster; Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; Longevity/drug effects; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism

Key words

antitumor; locomotion; longevity; natural products; reactive oxygen species

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Brain Neoplasms / Curcumin / Artemisinins / Motor Activity / Antineoplastic Agents Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: IUBMB Life Year: 2014 Document type: Article

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