Tocotrienols inhibit the growth of human breast cancer cells irrespective of estrogen receptor status

Lipids

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 461-469

  Nesaretnam, Kalanithi ^a,b   Stephen, Ruth ^a   Dils, Ray ^a   Darbre, Philippa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0031744718     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-998-0229-3     Document Type: Article

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