{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Carmo-Martins JI"],"funding":["CNPq","Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior","São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)"],"pagination":["196"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9855326"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Previous studies reported that <i>p</i>-coumaric acid modulates melanoma growth. Because the esterification of <i>p</i>-coumaric acid (<i>p</i>-CA) enhanced its activity as an antimelanogenic agent, we aimed to determine the antitumor potential of two derivatives, the ethyl and butyl esters, against the murine B16-F10 and the human SK-MEL-25 melanoma cells. Cell viability was determined in vitro by the lactate dehydrogenase release and violet crystal absorption assays. The cell proliferation rate and cell cycle behavior were determined by the colony formation assay and flow cytometry analysis. Although <i>p</i>-CA, at the concentration of 1 mM, failed to exert a significant antitumor activity, the ethyl and butyl ester derivatives caused substantial tumor cell death at doses &lt; 1 mM. Des"],"journal":["Biomedicines"],"pubmed_title":["Esterification of <i>p</i>-Coumaric Acid Improves the Control over Melanoma Cell Growth."],"pmcid":["PMC9855326"],"funding_grant_id":["2019/11490-5 2019/24028-8 2018/03918-2 2021/11200-7","Finance code 001","308964/2019-5 and 306355/2018-3"],"pubmed_authors":["Sousa MEP","Gonzatti MB","Keller AC","Varela MT","Rodrigues EG","Carmo-Martins JI","Fernandes JPS","Costa LVS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Esterification of <i>p</i>-Coumaric Acid Improves the Control over Melanoma Cell Growth.","description":"Previous studies reported that <i>p</i>-coumaric acid modulates melanoma growth. Because the esterification of <i>p</i>-coumaric acid (<i>p</i>-CA) enhanced its activity as an antimelanogenic agent, we aimed to determine the antitumor potential of two derivatives, the ethyl and butyl esters, against the murine B16-F10 and the human SK-MEL-25 melanoma cells. Cell viability was determined in vitro by the lactate dehydrogenase release and violet crystal absorption assays. The cell proliferation rate and cell cycle behavior were determined by the colony formation assay and flow cytometry analysis. Although <i>p</i>-CA, at the concentration of 1 mM, failed to exert a significant antitumor activity, the ethyl and butyl ester derivatives caused substantial tumor cell death at doses &lt; 1 mM. Des","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jan","modification":"2025-04-04T11:33:29.785Z","creation":"2025-04-04T11:33:29.785Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9855326","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36672704"],"doi":["10.3390/biomedicines11010196"]}}