A synthetic c22 carotenoid inhibits carcinogen-induced neoplastic transformation and enhances gap junctional communication

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1001-1005

  Pung, Ao ^a   Franke, Adrian ^a   Zhang, Li Xin ^a   Ippendorf, Hans ^a,b   Martin, Hans Dieter ^a,b   Sies, Helmut ^a,c   Bertram, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Institut fur Organische Chemie und Makromolekulare Chemie   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; CARCINOGEN; CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETALS; ANIMAL; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; KETONES; KINETICS; METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; MICE; POLYENES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027245962     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/14.5.1001     Document Type: Article

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