The effects of theanine, as a novel biochemical modulator, on the antitumor activity of adriamycin

Cancer Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-209

  Sadzuka, Yasuyuki ^a   Sugiyama, Tomomi ^a   Miyagishima, Atsuo ^a   Nozawa, Yasuo ^a   Hirota, Sadao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adriamycin; Biochemical modulation; Efflux; Green tea; Theanine

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LIPID PEROXIDE; THEANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TUMOR LEVEL; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA;

EID: 0030565012     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(96)04282-6     Document Type: Article

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