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Cardiac glycosides consist of a large family of naturally derived compounds that are clinically used to treat congestive heart failure, and also present anticancer properties. In this study, the cytotoxic effects of two cardenolides, digitoxigenin monodigitoxoside (DGX) and convallatoxin (CON) were
Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Although several drugs have been developed that target individual biomarkers, their success has been limited due to intrinsic or acquired resistance for the specific targets of such drugs. A more effective approach is to
Cardenolides are cardiac glycosides, mostly obtained from natural sources. They are well known for their inhibitory action on the Na,K-ATPase, an effect that regulates cardiovascular alterations such as congestive heart failure and atrial arrhythmias. In recent years, they have also sparked new
Breast cancer is second most prevalent cancer in women, and the second only to lung cancer in cancer-related deaths. It is a heterogeneous disease and has several subtypes based on the presence or absence of hormone receptors and/or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Hormone