Formation of free radicals from steroid hormones: Possible significance in environmental carcinogenesis

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1 A, 1997, Pages 439-444

  Kodama, Masahiko ^a   Inoue, F ^a   Saito, H ^b   Oda, T ^c   Sato, Y ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active oxygens; Environmental carcinogenesis; Free radicals; Redox balance; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENZYME; ESTROGEN; FREE RADICAL; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; OXYGEN RADICAL; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEAT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROIDS;

EID: 0031052783     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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