Overview of Lycopene, Carotenoids, and Disease Prevention

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-97

  Krinsky, Norman I ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; ISOMERISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOMATO;

CAROTENOIDS; CHEMOPREVENTION; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEOPLASMS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RISK FACTORS; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN A;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031750851     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-218-44273     Document Type: Article

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