Cancer chemopreventive activity of carotenoids in the fruits of red paprika Capsicum annuum L.

Cancer Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-109

  Maoka, Takashi ^a   Mochida, Kooich ^a   Kozuka, Mutsuo ^a   Ito, Yoshihiro ^a   Fujiwara, Yasuhiro ^b   Hashimoto, Keiji ^b   Enjo, Fumio ^c   Ogata, Masakazu ^c   Nobukuni, Yoshitoshi ^c   Tokuda, Harukuni ^c   Nishino, Hoyoku ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer chemopreventive activity; Capsanthin; Capsicum annuum; Carotenoid; Early antigen two stage mouse skin carcinogenesis; Epstein Barr virus

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAPSANTHIN; CAPSANTHIN 3,6 EPOXIDE; CAPSANTHIN DERIVATIVE; CAPSORUBIN; CAPSORUBIN DERIVATIVE; CAROTENOID; CUCURBITAXANTHIN A DERIVATIVE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; ESTER DERIVATIVE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TUMOR PROMOTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CAPSICUM; CAROTENOIDS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0035976050     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(01)00635-8     Document Type: Article

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