Induction of the anticarcinogenic marker enzyme, quinone reductase, in murine hepatoma cells in vitro by flavonoids

Cancer Letters

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-216

  Uda, Yashushi ^a   Price, Keith R ^b   Williamson, Gary ^b   Rhodes, Michael J C ^b  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Detoxification; Enzyme induction; Flavonoids; Quinone reductase

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; APIGENIN; CATECHIN; EPICATECHIN; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; GALANGIN; KAEMPFEROL; MYRICETIN; QUERCETIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); TAXIFOLIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME INDUCTION; HEPATOMA CELL; HYDROXYLATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATECHIN; CHAMOMILE; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLAVONOIDS; FLAVONOLS; KAEMPFEROLS; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); OILS, VOLATILE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUERCETIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030660603     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00311-X     Document Type: Article

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