Growth inhibition of subcutaneously transplanted hepatomas without cachexia by alteration of the dietary arginine-methionine balance

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-55

  Millis, Richard M ^a,b   Diya, Cornelius A ^a   Reynolds, Michael E ^a   Dehkordi, Ozra ^a   Bond, Vernon ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID MIXTURE; ARGININE; METHIONINE; N ACETYLMETHIONINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 0031845128     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635589809514677     Document Type: Article

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