Organosulfur compounds and cancer

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 401, Issue , 1996, Pages 147-154

  Lea, Michael A ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL SULFIDE; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; GARLIC; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029836408     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0399-2_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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