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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Selenides and Diselenides: A Review of Their Anticancer and Chemopreventive Activity.

Mónica Álvarez-Pérez, Wesam Ali, Małgorzata Anna Marć, Jadwiga Handzlik, Enrique Domínguez-Álvarez

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mónica Álvarez-PérezInstituto de Química Orgánica General, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IQOG, CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain. monica.a.p@csic.es.ORCID 0000-0001-8305-8694
Wesam AliDivision of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Saarland University, Campus B2 1, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany. s8wealii@stud.uni-saarland.de.
Małgorzata Anna MarćDepartment of Technology and Biotechnology of Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Cracow, Poland. marcmalgorzata@gmail.com.
Jadwiga HandzlikDepartment of Technology and Biotechnology of Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Cracow, Poland. j.handzlik@uj.edu.pl.
Enrique Domínguez-ÁlvarezInstituto de Química Orgánica General, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IQOG, CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain. e.dominguez-alvarez@iqog.csic.es.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selenium and selenocompounds have attracted the attention and the efforts of scientists worldwide due to their promising potential applications in cancer prevention and/or treatment. Different organic selenocompounds, with diverse functional groups that contain selenium, have been reported to exhibit anticancer and/or chemopreventive activity. Among them, selenocyanates, selenoureas, selenoesters, selenium-containing heterocycles, selenium nanoparticles, selenides and diselenides have been considered in the search for efficiency in prevention and treatment of cancer and other related diseases. In this review, we focus our attention on the potential applications of selenides and diselenides in cancer prevention and treatment that have been reported so far. The around 80 selenides and diselenides selected herein as representative compounds include promising antioxidant, prooxidant, redox-modulating, chemopreventive, anticancer, cytotoxic and radioprotective compounds, among other activities. The aim of this work is to highlight the possibilities that these novel organic selenocompounds can offer in an effort to contribute to inspire medicinal chemists in their search of new promising derivatives.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsAntioxidantsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMolecular StructureNeoplasmsOrganoselenium CompoundsAntineoplastic AgentsAntioxidantsOrganoselenium Compoundsanticancer compoundsantioxidantschemopreventioncytostaticitycytotoxicitydiselenidesselenidesseleniumselenocompounds

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PMID29534447
PMCPMC6017218

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