Inhibition of skin carcinomas but not papillomas by sphingosine, N- methylsphingosine, and N-acetylsphingosine

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-126

  Birt, D F ^a,b,c   Merrill Jr , A H ^b   Barnett, T ^a   Enkvetchakul, B ^a,b   Pour, P M ^a   Liotta, D C ^d   Geisler, V ^d   Menaldino, D S ^d   Schwartzbauer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Pharmaceutical Science ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTYLAMINE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN PAPILLOMA;

ANIMALIA; SPHINGIODEA;

EID: 0031751169     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589809514690     Document Type: Article

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