Cancer Letters
Volume 226, Issue 1 , Pages 17-25 , 8 August 2005

Anti-tumour potential of a gallic acid-containing phenolic fraction from Oenothera biennis

  • Chiara Dalla Pellegrina

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facolta' di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Universita’ di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 15 CV-1, I-37134 Verona, Italia
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  • Giorgia Padovani

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Patologia, Sezione di Immunologia, c/o Policlinico G.B.Rossi, I-37134 Verona, Italia
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  • Federica Mainente

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facolta' di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Universita’ di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 15 CV-1, I-37134 Verona, Italia
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  • Gianni Zoccatelli

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facolta' di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Universita’ di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 15 CV-1, I-37134 Verona, Italia
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  • Gaetano Bissoli

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facolta' di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Universita’ di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 15 CV-1, I-37134 Verona, Italia
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  • Silvia Mosconi

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facolta' di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Universita’ di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 15 CV-1, I-37134 Verona, Italia
    • ,
  • Gianluca Veneri

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facolta' di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Universita’ di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 15 CV-1, I-37134 Verona, Italia
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  • Angelo Peruffo

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facolta' di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Universita’ di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 15 CV-1, I-37134 Verona, Italia
    • ,
  • Giancarlo Andrighetto

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Patologia, Sezione di Immunologia, c/o Policlinico G.B.Rossi, I-37134 Verona, Italia
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  • Corrado Rizzi

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facolta' di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Universita’ di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 15 CV-1, I-37134 Verona, Italia
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  • Roberto Chignola

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Scientifico e Tecnologico, Facolta' di Scienze MM.FF.NN., Universita’ di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 15 CV-1, I-37134 Verona, Italia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 045 8027953; fax: +39 045 8027952.

Received 7 September 2004 ,Revised 14 November 2004 ,Accepted 16 November 2004.

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PII: S0304-3835(04)00894-8

doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.11.033

Cancer Letters
Volume 226, Issue 1 , Pages 17-25 , 8 August 2005

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