Chemoprevention of Colon Carcinogenesis by Organosulfur Compounds

Cancer Research

Volumn 53, Issue 15, 1993, Pages 3493-3498

  Kelloff, Gary ^b   Rao, Chinthalapally V ^a  

^a AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANETHOLE TRITHIONE; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANETHOLE TRITHIONE; ANIMAL; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; AZOXYMETHANE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DISULFIDES; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALE; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TAURINE;

EID: 0027290648     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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