Chemoprevention of 1, 2-Dimethylhydrazine-induced Colon Cancer in Mice by Naturally Occurring Organosulfur Compounds

Cancer Research

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 1990, Pages 5084-5087

  Sumiyoshi, Hiromichi ^a   Wargovich, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; S ALLYLCYSTEINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

1,2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; ANIMAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; CARCINOGENS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CYSTEINE; DIMETHYLHYDRAZINES; DISULFIDES; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SULFIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0025030412     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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