Glutathione-linked enzymes in benign and malignant oesaphageal tissue

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 32-37

  Levy, R D ^a   Oosthuizen, M M J ^a   Degiannis, E ^a   Greyling, D ^a   Hatzitheofilou, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GSH peroxidase; GSH s transferase P1 isoenzyme; GSSG reductase; Oesophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032945006     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690317     Document Type: Article

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