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Studies on phenothiazines: New microtubule-interacting compounds with phenothiazine A-ring as potent antineoplastic

Alina Ghinet1, Iuliana-Monica Moise2, Benoît Rigo3

  • 1Department of Organic Chemistry, 'Al. I. Cuza' University of Iasi, Faculty of Chemistry, Bd. Carol I nr. 11, 700506 Iasi, Romania; Inserm U995, LIRIC, Université de Lille, CHRU de Lille, Faculté de médecine-Pôle recherche, Place Verdun, F-59045 Lille Cedex, France; Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur (HEI), Groupe HEI-ISA-ISEN, UCLille, Laboratoire de Pharmacochimie, 13 rue de Toul, F-59046 Lille, France.

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
|April 14, 2016
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Keywords:
Anticancer agentMicrotubule-targeting agentPhenothiazineTubulin

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