Prostate Cancer Therapy
Research from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University yields new findings on prostate cancer therapy
Published in Clinical Oncology Week, November 27th, 2006
New investigation results, "The synthesis of L-carvone and limonene derivatives with increased antiproliferative effect and activation of ERK pathway in prostate cancer cells," are detailed in a study published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. "Thirty-one novel derivatives of carvone, carveol, and limonene were designed and synthesized using L-carvone as a starting material via chlorination, nucleophilic substitution, and reduction. The structures of these derivatives were characterized by MS and 1H NMR," scientists writing in the journal Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry report.
"The antiproliferative effect was evaluated in human prostate cancer LNCaP cells....
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