Inhibitory effects of curcumin and tetrahydrocurcuminoids on the tumor promoter-induced reactive oxygen species generation in leukocytes in vitro and in vivo

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-370

  Nakamura, Yoshimasa ^a   Ohto, Yoshimi ^a   Murakami, Akira ^b   Osawa, Toshihiko ^c   Ohigashi, Hajime ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curcumin; HL 60; Mouse skin; Reactive oxygen species; Tetrahydrocurcumin

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; DIHYDROTETRAHYDROCURCUMIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PEROXIDE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TETRAHYDROCURCUMINOID DERIVATIVE; TUMOR PROMOTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TUMOR PROMOTION; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031979328     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb00572.x     Document Type: Article

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