Oxidative stress promotes cytotoxicity in human cancer cell lines exposed to Escallonia spp. extracts

• Main Authors: Carlos Jara-Gutiérrez (Author), Luis Mercado (Author), Marilyn Paz-Araos (Author), Carolyn Howard (Author), Mario Parraga (Author), Camila Escobar (Author), Marco Mellado (Author), Alejandro Madrid (Author), Iván Montenegro (Author), Paula Santana (Author), Paola Murgas (Author), Cristina Jimenez-Jara (Author), Luis Guillermo González-Olivares (Author), Manuel Ahumada (Author), Joan Villena (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Standard cancer treatments show a lack of selectivity that has led to the search for new strategies against cancer. The selective elimination of cancer cells modulating the redox environment, known as "selective oxycution", has emerged as a viable alternative. This rese...