Allium chemistry: Synthesis, natural occurrence, biological activity, and chemistry of Se-alk(en)ylselenocysteines and their γ-glutamyl derivatives and oxidation products

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 458-470

  Block, Eric ^a   Birringer, Marc ^a,b   Jiang, Weiqin ^c   Nakahodo, Tsukasa ^a   Thompson, Henry J ^c   Toscano, Paul J ^a   Uzar, Horst ^b   Zhang, Xing ^a   Zhu, Zongjian ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamyl Se methylselenocysteine; Allium species; Selenocysteines; Selenoxides

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GARLIC; PLANT EXTRACT; SE 1 PROPENYLSELENOCYSTEINE; SE 2 METHYL 2 PROPENYL SELENOCYSTEINE; SE-1-PROPENYLSELENOCYSTEINE; SE-2-METHYL-2-PROPENYL-SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENIDE; SELENOCYSTEINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MOUSE; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; UDDER; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALLIUM; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SELENOCYSTEINE;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0035137726     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf001097b     Document Type: Article

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