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Molecular mechanisms and anti‐cancer aspects of the medicinal phytochemicals rocaglamides (=flavaglines)
4 Jun 2014
Abstract excerpt
Rocaglamides (= flavaglines) are potent natural anti-cancer phytochemicals that inhibit cancer growth at nanomolar concentrations by the following mechanisms: (1) inhibition of translation initiation via inhibition of phosphorylation of the mRNA cap-binding eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF4E and stabilization of RNA-binding of the translation initiation factor eIF4A in the eIF4F complex; (2) blocking...
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