Experimental Hematology
Volume 34, Issue 10 , Pages 1377-1384 , October 2006

Cytotoxic and biochemical effects of 3,3′,4,4′,5,5′-hexahydroxystilbene, a novel resveratrol analog in HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells

  • Zsuzsanna Horvath

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Marek Murias

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Philipp Saiko

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Thomas Erker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Norbert Handler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Sibylle Madlener

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Walter Jaeger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Michael Grusch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Monika Fritzer-Szekeres

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Georg Krupitza

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  • Thomas Szekeres

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Thomas Szekeres, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria

Received 8 December 2005 ,Revised 30 March 2006 ,Accepted 30 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.exphem.2006.05.018

Experimental Hematology
Volume 34, Issue 10 , Pages 1377-1384 , October 2006