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Understanding cancer and the anticancer activities of naphthoquinones – a review

Kevin Wellington 1
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CSIR Biosciences, PO Box 395, Pretoria, South Africa
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2015-02-05
scimago Q1
wos Q2
SJR0.777
CiteScore7.6
Impact factor4.6
ISSN20462069
General Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
Abstract

Naphthoquinone moieties are present in drugs such as doxorubicin which are used clinically to treat solid cancers.

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Wellington K. Understanding cancer and the anticancer activities of naphthoquinones – a review // RSC Advances. 2015. Vol. 5. No. 26. pp. 20309-20338.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1039/C4RA13547D
UR - https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA13547D
TI - Understanding cancer and the anticancer activities of naphthoquinones – a review
T2 - RSC Advances
AU - Wellington, Kevin
PY - 2015
DA - 2015/02/05
PB - Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
SP - 20309-20338
IS - 26
VL - 5
SN - 2046-2069
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@article{2015_Wellington,
author = {Kevin Wellington},
title = {Understanding cancer and the anticancer activities of naphthoquinones – a review},
journal = {RSC Advances},
year = {2015},
volume = {5},
publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)},
month = {feb},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA13547D},
number = {26},
pages = {20309--20338},
doi = {10.1039/C4RA13547D}
}
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Wellington, Kevin. “Understanding cancer and the anticancer activities of naphthoquinones – a review.” RSC Advances, vol. 5, no. 26, Feb. 2015, pp. 20309-20338. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA13547D.