A potential protective mechanism of soya isoflavones against 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene tumour initiation

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 457-465

  Chan, Ho Yee ^a   Leung, Lai K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene lesions; Genistein; Isoflavones; Phase I cytochrome P450 enzymes

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; DAIDZEIN; DNA; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOYBEAN; TRANSACTIVATION; TUMOR; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ARYL HYDROCARBON HYDROXYLASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A2; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GENISTEIN; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; LUCIFERASES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SOYBEANS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0041561001     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2003913     Document Type: Article

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