Cruciferous Vegetables: Cancer Protective Mechanisms of Glucosinolate Hydrolysis Products and Selenium

Integrative Cancer Therapies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-12

  Keck, Anna Sigrid ^a   Finley, John W ^a  

^a GRAND FORKS HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer protection; Cruciferous vegetables; Glucosinolates; Indole 3 carbinol; Isothiocyanates sulforaphane; Selenium

Indexed keywords

3 INDOLEMETHANOL; CARCINOGEN; GLUCOBRASSICIN; GLUCONASTURTIIN; GLUCORAPHANIN; GLUCOSINOLATE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; MINERAL; NITRILE; PROGOITRIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SINIGRIN; SULFORAPHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CRUCIFERA; DETOXIFICATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETETICS; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FIBER; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; VEGETABLE;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BRASSICACEAE; CARCINOGENS; DIET; ESTROGENS; GLUCOSINOLATES; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SELENIUM; VEGETABLES;

EID: 1242321154     PISSN: 15347354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534735403261831     Document Type: Review

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