Cancer prevention by organosulfur compounds from garlic and onion

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 27, 1997, Pages 100-105

  Fukushima, Shoji ^a   Takada, Nobuyasu ^a   Hori, Takaaki ^a   Wanibuchi, Hideki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Garlic; Onion; Organosulfur compounds (OSCs); Rat liver

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; GARLIC; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ONION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; REVIEW;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GARLIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; ONIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031324903     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(1997)27+<100::AID-JCB16>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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