Evaluation of the Antineoplastic Activity of L-rhamnose in vitro. A Comparison with 2-deoxyglucose

The effect of unsubstituted deoxyhexoses, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) and L-fucose, on tumor cells has been reported in several papers throughout the last decades. That of a similar deoxysugar, L-rhamnose, which is synthesized in bacteria and plants but not in animal cells, has until today not been exp...

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Main Authors: Pavel Tomšík, Alena Stoklasová, Stanislav Mičuda, Mohamed Niang, Petr Šuba, Jiří Knížek, Martina Řezáčová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karolinum Press 2008-01-01
Series:Acta Medica
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Online Access:https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/51/2/0113/