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Research Article

New Thiouracil Derivatives As Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors and Apoptosis Inducers: Design, Synthesis and Anticancer Evaluation

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Pages 1019-1035 | Received 10 Apr 2023, Accepted 29 May 2023, Published online: 26 Jul 2023

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