Lycopene Is A More Potent Inhibitor Of Human Cancer Cell Proliferation Than Either A-Carotene Or β-Carotene

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 257-266

  Levy, Joseph ^a   Bosin, Emili ^a   Feldman, Bianca ^a   Giat, Yudit ^a   Miinster, Anat ^a   Danilenko, Michael ^a   Sharoni, Yoav ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; LYC O PEN; LYCOPENE; SOMATOMEDIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; TOMATO;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BETA CAROTENE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAROTENOIDS; CELL DIVISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LUNG NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0028863013     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: 15327914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589509514415     Document Type: Article

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