Canthaxanthin induces apoptosis in human cancer cell lines

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 373-376

  Palozza, Paola ^a   Maggiano, Nicola ^a   Calviello, Gabriella ^a   Lanza, Paola ^a   Piccioni, Elisabetta ^a   Ranelletti, Franco O ^a   Bartoli, Gianna Maria ^a,b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CANTHAXANTHIN; CELL DIVISION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MELANOMA; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031903746     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/19.2.373     Document Type: Article

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