Molecular interactions between metformin and D-limonene inhibit proliferation and promote apoptosis in breast and liver cancer cells
Elsayed I. Salim,
Mona M. Alabasy,
Eman M. El Nashar
et al.
Abstract:Background
Cancer is a fatal disease that severely affects humans. Designing new anticancer strategies and understanding the mechanism of action of anticancer agents is imperative.
Hypothesis/Purpose
In this study, we evaluated the utility of metformin and D-limonene, alone or in combination, as potential anticancer therapeutics using the human liver and breast cancer cell lines HepG2 and MCF-7.
Study design
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