The Enhanced Cytotoxic and Pro-Apoptotic Effects of Optimized Simvastatin-Loaded Emulsomes on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells

Zuhier A. Awan, Usama A. Fahmy, Shaimaa M. Badr-Eldin, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Hani Z. Asfour, Mohammed W. Al-Rabia, Anas Alfarsi, Nabil A. Alhakamy, Wesam H. Abdulaal, Hadeel Al Sadoun, Nawal Helmi, Ahmad O. Noor, Filippo Caraci, Diena M. Almasri, Giuseppe Caruso

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DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070597
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@article{allodium:10.3390/pharmaceutics12070597,
  title = {The Enhanced Cytotoxic and Pro-Apoptotic Effects of Optimized Simvastatin-Loaded Emulsomes on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells},
  author = {Zuhier A. Awan and Usama A. Fahmy and Shaimaa M. Badr-Eldin and Tarek S. Ibrahim and Hani Z. Asfour and Mohammed W. Al-Rabia and Anas Alfarsi and Nabil A. Alhakamy and Wesam H. Abdulaal and Hadeel Al Sadoun and Nawal Helmi and Ahmad O. Noor and Filippo Caraci and Diena M. Almasri and Giuseppe Caruso},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Pharmaceutics},
  doi = {10.3390/pharmaceutics12070597},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12070597}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - The Enhanced Cytotoxic and Pro-Apoptotic Effects of Optimized Simvastatin-Loaded Emulsomes on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells
AU  - Zuhier A. Awan
AU  - Usama A. Fahmy
AU  - Shaimaa M. Badr-Eldin
AU  - Tarek S. Ibrahim
AU  - Hani Z. Asfour
AU  - Mohammed W. Al-Rabia
AU  - Anas Alfarsi
AU  - Nabil A. Alhakamy
AU  - Wesam H. Abdulaal
AU  - Hadeel Al Sadoun
AU  - Nawal Helmi
AU  - Ahmad O. Noor
AU  - Filippo Caraci
AU  - Diena M. Almasri
AU  - Giuseppe Caruso
PY  - 2020
JO  - Pharmaceutics
DO  - 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070597
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12070597
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Awan, Z. A., Fahmy, U. A., Badr-Eldin, S. M., Ibrahim, T. S., Asfour, H. Z., Al-Rabia, M. W., Alfarsi, A., Alhakamy, N. A., Abdulaal, W. H., Sadoun, H. A., Helmi, N., Noor, A. O., Caraci, F., Almasri, D. M., & Caruso, G. (2020). The Enhanced Cytotoxic and Pro-Apoptotic Effects of Optimized Simvastatin-Loaded Emulsomes on MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells. Pharmaceutics. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics12070597

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