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Non-addictive opium alkaloids selectively induce apoptosis in cancer cells compared to normal cells

BACKGROUND: Cytotoxic effects of some of the members of papaveraceae family have been reported in Iranian folk medicine. Recent reports has indicated that alkaloids fraction of opium may be responsible for its cytotoxic effect; however, the mechanism of this effect is not fully understood. This stud...

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Autores principales: Afzali, Monireh, Ghaeli, Padideh, Khanavi, Mahnaz, Parsa, Maliheh, Montazeri, Hamed, Ghahremani, Mohammad Hossein, Ostad, Seyed Nasser
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4341877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25890335
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40199-015-0101-1