Effects of garlic thioallyl derivatives on growth, glutathione concentration, and polyamine formation of human prostate carcinoma cells in culture

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 398-405

  Pinto, John Thomas ^a   Qiao, Changhong ^b   Xing, Jie ^b   Rivlin, Richard S ^b   Protomastro, Marie L ^b   Weissler, Marla L ^b   Tao, Yue ^b   Thaler, Howard ^b   Heston, Warren D W ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Garlic Constituents; Polyamines; Prostate cancer; Putrescine; Reduced glutathione; S allylcysteine; S allylmercaptocysteine; S cysteinyl analogues; Spermidine; Spermine

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; S ALLYLCYSTEINE; S ALLYLMERCAPTOCYSTEINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PROSTATE CANCER;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0012679602     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.2.398     Document Type: Article

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