Chemoprotective properties of some pungent ingredients present in red pepper and ginger

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 402, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 259-267

  Surh, Young Joon ^a   Lee, Eunyong ^a   Lee, Jong Min ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Chemoprevention; Diarylheptanoids; Ginger; Gingerol; Red pepper

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAPSAICIN;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GINGER; HUMAN; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CAPSICUM; CARCINOGENS; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; ZINGIBERALES;

EID: 0032543420     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(97)00305-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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