Effects of fish oil on fecal bacterial enzymes and steroid excretion in healthy volunteers: Implications for colon cancer prevention

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-78

  Bartram, Hans Peter ^a   Gostner, Andrea ^a   Kelber, Elisabeth ^a   Dusel, Gerda ^a   Weimer, Antje ^a   Scheppach, Wolfgang ^a   Kasper, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FISH OIL; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXCRETION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030028287     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589609514429     Document Type: Article

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