Augmented Gene Expression of Quinone Reductase by 6-(Methylsulfinyl)hexyl isothiocyanate through Avoiding its Cytotoxicity

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5 A, 2003, Pages 3741-3748

  Ryoyama, Kazuo ^a   Mori, Naoto ^a   Nara, Motoki ^a   Kidachi, Yumi ^a   Yamaguchi, Hideaki ^a   Umetsu, Hironori ^a   Fuke, Yoko ^b  

^a AOMORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 (METHYLSULFINYL)HEXYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MICE; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

EID: 0344442281     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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