Evaluation of anticancer potential of tetracene-5,12-dione (A01) and pyrimidine-2,4-dione (A02) via caspase 3 and lactate dehydrogenase cytotoxicity investigations

• Mubashir Aziz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Sarfraz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

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• Muhammad Khurrum Ibrahim,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Syeda Abida Ejaz ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  * E-mail: abida.ejaz@iub.edu.pk (SAE); chen.li@fu-berlin.de (CL)

  Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8516-7234

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• Tasneem Zehra,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Basic Science & Humanities, Dawood University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan

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• Hanan A. Ogaly,

  Roles Project administration, Visualization

  Affiliation Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0480-5127

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• Mosab Arafat,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9297-6745

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• Fatimah A. M. Al-Zahrani,

  Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7413-9115

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• Chen Li

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision

  * E-mail: abida.ejaz@iub.edu.pk (SAE); chen.li@fu-berlin.de (CL)

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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