Genistein inhibits growth of B16 melanoma cells in vivo and in vitro and promotes differentiation in vitro

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 860-864

  Record, Ian R ^a   Broadbent, Jessica L ^a,b   King, Roger A ^a   Dreosti, Ivor E ^a,b   Head, Richard J ^a,b   Tonkin, Anne L ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENISTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; MELANOMA B16; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOCHALASIN B; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; GROWTH INHIBITORS; MELANOMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030861083     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970904)72:5<860::AID-IJC24>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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