Relative activities of organosulfur compounds derived from onions and garlic in increasing tissue activities of quinone reductase and glutathione transferase in rat tissues

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-210

  Munday, Rex ^a   Munday, Christine M ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIALLYL DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; DERIVATIZATION; DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GARLIC; NONHUMAN; ONION; RAT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035732772     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327914NC402_18     Document Type: Article

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