Selective increase of the potential anticarcinogen 4-methylsulphinylbutyl glucosinolate in broccoli

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 605-609

  Faulkner, Kathy ^a,b   Mithen, Richard ^a   Williamson, Gary ^b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GLUCOSINOLATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CULTIVAR; HEPATOMA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BRASSICA; ENZYME INDUCTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); THIOCYANATES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031843893     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/19.4.605     Document Type: Article

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