Effect of curcumin on the production of nitric oxide by cultured rat mammary gland

Nitric Oxide - Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 505-515

  Onoda, Makoto ^a   Inano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Curcumin; Mammary gland; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033785918     PISSN: 10898603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/niox.2000.0305     Document Type: Article

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