Open AccessA new acetylacetone derivative inhibits breast cancer by apoptosis induction and angiogenesis inhibition
Author(s) -
Wamidh H. Talib,
Mousa Al-Noaimi,
Elaf S Alsultan,
Raja Bader,
Esam Qnais
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_948_17
Subject(s) - angiogenesis , apoptosis , cancer research , breast cancer , cancer , acetylacetone , cancer cell , chemistry , medicine , pharmacology , immunology , biochemistry , inorganic chemistry
Cancer is one of the main causes of death worldwide. High mortality rates were reported among breast cancer patients which makes the development of new anticancer agents targeting breast cancer a priority. The synthesis of the compounds incorporating- N=N- group is an important field of research that may lead to the discovery of new anticancer drug.