Intracellular carotenoid levels measured by Raman microspectroscopy: Comparison of lymphocytes from lung cancer patients and healthy individuals

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-25

  Bakker Schut, Tom C ^a,c   Puppels, Gerwin J ^a,c   Kraan, Yvonne M ^a   Greve, Jan ^a   Van Der Maas, Louis L J ^b   Figdor, Carl G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOCYTES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0030941783     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970220)74:1<20::AID-IJC4>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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