Induction of human NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase (NQO1) gene expression by the flavonol quercetin

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-57

  Valerio Jr , L G ^a   Kepa, J K ^a   Pickwell, G V ^a   Quattrochi, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; MCF 7 human breast cancer cells; Phase II; Polyphenols; Quercetin; Quinone oxidoreductase

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; ENZYME; FLAVANOID; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHASE II DETOXIFYING ENZYME; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PROBES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUCIFERASES; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); QUERCETIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0035798831     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(00)00302-7     Document Type: Article

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