Non-pungent capsaicinoids from sweet pepper: Synthesis and evaluation of the chemopreventive and anticancer potential

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-9

  Macho, Antonio ^a   Lucena, Concepción ^a   Sancho, Rocio ^a   Daddario, Nives ^b   Minassi, Alberto ^b   Muñoz, Eduardo ^a   Appendino, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis and cancer; Capsiate; ROS; VR1

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CAPSAICIN DERIVATIVE; CAPSAICINOID; CAPSIATE; NORDIHYDROCAPSIATE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTERIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SWEET PEPPER; SYNTHESIS;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CAPSAICIN; CAPSICUM; CARCINOGENS; CELL LINE; CHEMOPREVENTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; PAPILLOMA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTORS, DRUG; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 0037222887     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-003-0394-6     Document Type: Article

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