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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2017

In vitro determination of the efficacy of scorpion venoms as anti-cancer agents against colorectal cancer cells: a nano-liposomal delivery approach.

Abdulrahman K Al-Asmari, Zabih Ullah, Ali Al Balowi, Mozaffarul Islam

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abdulrahman K Al-AsmariDepartment of Research, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh.
Zabih UllahDepartment of Research, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh.
Ali Al BalowiDepartment of Pharmacy, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mozaffarul IslamDepartment of Research, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh.
Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital · SAKing Fahd Armed Forces Hospital · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of liposomes in biological and medicinal sciences is a relatively new approach. The liposomal strategy greatly depends on the technological advancement in the formation of vesicles of various sizes and properties. In the current study, we encapsulated the venoms obtained from medically important scorpions such as

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisCell CycleCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalColorectal NeoplasmsDrug Delivery SystemsDrug LiberationHumansLiposomesNanoparticlesOxidative StressParticle SizeScorpionsScorpion VenomsAntineoplastic AgentsLiposomesScorpion Venomsanti-cancercolon carcinoma cellsliposomesnanomedicinescorpion venom

Identifiers

PMID28144138
PMCPMC5245974
OpenAlexW2574284355

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