Inhibition of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea-induced mammary tumors in rats by the soybean isoflavones

Anticancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6 A, 1996, Pages 3293-3298

  Constantinou, Andreas I ^a   Mehta, Rajendra G ^a   Vaughan, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Chemoprevention; Isoflavones; Protein tyrosine kinase; Topoisomerase II

Indexed keywords

DAIDZEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOYBEAN;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOGENS; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONES; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; METHYLNITROSOUREA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOYBEANS;

EID: 0030507470     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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