Inhibition of cytotoxic activity of ascorbate by human cancer patient sera

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1 A, 1997, Pages 425-428

  Sakagami, Hiroshi ^a,b   Satoh, Kazue ^a   Taguchi, Susumu ^b   Takeda, Minoru ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Ascorbyl radical; Cell death; Pancreatic cancer; Serum

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FETAL CALF SERUM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; STOMACH CANCER;

AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031050257     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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