Selective cytotoxicity of betulinic acid on tumor cell lines, but not on normal cells

Cancer Letters - Tập 175 Số 1 - Trang 17-25 - 2002
Valentina Zuco1, Rosanna Supino1, Sabina Carla Righetti1, Loredana Cleris1, Edoardo Marchesi1, Carlo Gambacorti‐Passerini1, Franca Formelli1
1Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan (Italy)

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