Characterization of flavonoids as monofunctional or bifunctional inducers of quinone reductase in murine hepatoma cell lines

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 623-630

  Yannai, S ^a   Day, A J ^a   Williamson, G ^a   Rhodes, M J C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DMSO=dimethyl sulfoxide; PBS=phosphate buffered saline; QR=quinone reductase

Indexed keywords

BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; DAIDZEIN; FLAVONOID; ISORHAMNETIN; KAEMPFEROL; QUERCETIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); RHAMNETIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; HEPATOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CELL COUNT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME INDUCTION; FLAVONOIDS; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031821287     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(98)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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