β-sitosterol inhibits the growth of HT-29 human colon cancer cells by activating the sphingomyelin cycle

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1 A, 1998, Pages 471-473

  Awad, Atif B ^a   Von Holtz, Rebecca L ^a   Cone, Jessie P ^a   Fink, Carol S ^a   Chen, Ying Chen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

sitosterol; Ceramide phospholipase C; Phytosterols; Sphingomyelin; Sphingosine

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOSINE; STEROL;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SITOSTEROLS; SPHINGOMYELINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031921948     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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