Growing alliums and brassicas in selenium-enriched soils increases their anticarcinogenic potentials

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 232-235

  Irion, C W ^a  

^a Butler County Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MINERAL; SELENIUM; SELENOAMINO ACID; VITAMIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; FOOD; GARLIC; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; BRASSICA;

EID: 0032831263     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.1998.0751     Document Type: Article

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