The influence of dietary lectins on the cell proliferation of human breast cancer cell lines in vitro

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2 B, 2003, Pages 1197-1206

  Valentiner, Ursula ^a   Fabian, Stefanie ^a   Schumacher, Udo ^a   Leathem, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cell proliferation; In vitro; Lectins

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA AGGLUTININ; HELIX POMATIA AGGLUTININ; LECTIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM AGGLUTININ; SOYBEAN AGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; HELIX POMATIA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0037901741     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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