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Pterostilbene induces cell apoptosis and inhibits lipogenesis in SKOV3 ovarian cancer cells by activation of AMPK-induced inhibition of Akt/mTOR signaling cascade

ATTALLA EL-KOTT^1,2, EMAN ELBEALY³, FAHMY ELSAID^1,4, HAITHAM EL-MEKKAWY¹, ABD-EL-KARIM ABD-LATEIF⁵, ABDULALI TAWEEL⁶, HEBA KHALIFA², AHMAD KANDEEL⁵, KAREEM MORSY^1,7, ESSAM IBRAHIM^1,8,9, MASHAEL MOHAMMED BIN-MEFERIJ^10,*

1 Biology Department, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia
2 Zoology Department, College of Science, Damanhour University, Damanhour, 22511, Egypt
3 Biology Department, College of Science for Girls, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia
4 Zoology Department, College of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35511, Egypt
5 Zoology Department, College of Science, Fayoum University, Fayoum, 63511, Egypt
6 Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Zawia University, Al-Zawia, Libya
7 Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, 12611, Egypt
8 Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia
9 Blood Products Quality Control and Research Department, National Organization for Research and Control of Biologicals, Cairo, 12611, Egypt
10 Biology Department, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

* Address correspondence to: Mashael Mohammed Bin-Meferij,