Low Dose Combined Treatment with Ultraviolet-C and Withaferin a Enhances Selective Killing of Oral Cancer Cells

• Main Authors: Sheng-Yao Peng (Author), Yen-Yun Wang (Author), Ting-Hsun Lan (Author), Li-Ching Lin (Author), Shyng-Shiou F. Yuan (Author), Jen-Yang Tang (Author), Hsueh-Wei Chang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Withaferin A (WFA), a <i>Withania somnifera</i>-derived triterpenoid, is an anticancer natural product. The anticancer effect of nonionizing radiation such as ultraviolet-C (UVC) as well as the combined treatment of UVC and WFA is rarely investigated. Low dose UVC and/or WFA treatments (...