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ArticleTurkish journal of biology = Turk biyoloji dergisi2019

Effects of B2O3 (boron trioxide) on colon cancer cells: our first-step experience and in vitro results.

Özgür Albuz, Dilek Dülger, Beste Çağdaş Tunali, Feray Aydin, Selim Yalçin, Mustafa Türk

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Article in Turkish journal of biology = Turk biyoloji dergisi, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Özgür AlbuzDepartment of General Surgery, Keçiören Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8534-1781
Dilek DülgerDepartment of Medical Microbiology of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Karabük University, Karabük, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3640-5686
Beste Çağdaş TunaliDepartment of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2534-382X
Feray AydinDepartment of General Surgery, 29 Mayıs State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2847-4780
Selim YalçinDepartment of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1970-2849
Mustafa TürkDepartment of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8202-090X
Kırıkkale University · TRAnkara University · TRKarabük University · TRState Hospital · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Boron oxide (B2O3) is derived from dehydration of boric acid and is a colorless, semitransparent, crystalline compound that is moderately soluble in water. On the other hand, boron oxide is chemically hygroscopic. This gives the molecule the ability to soak up water and adhere to tissues. Boron oxide can be used locally after tumor debulking in inoperable tumors and especially when the tumor-free margin distance cannot be provided. For all these reasons we aimed to evaluate the in vitro test results of B2O3 in terms of cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, apoptosis, and necrotic effects on L929 fibroblast cells and DLD-1 colorectal adenocarcinoma cells. Our studies demonstrated that boron oxide compounds appear to be highly cytotoxic for both cell lines according to WST cell viability assay (44.22% and 18.36% on DLD-1 and L929, respectively). Although no genotoxic effects were observed, boron oxide compounds showed antiproliferative effects for both cell lines. The prepared boron oxide compounds may hold the potential to be applied locally to the remaining tissue after surgery and further research and evaluation will be needed to determine its effectiveness.

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Boron oxideDLD-1 colorectal adenocarcinoma cellsin vitroL929 fibroblast cells

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