n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and colon cancer prevention

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-151

  Roynette, Catherine E ^a   Calder, Philip C ^b   Dupertuis, Yves M ^a   Pichard, Claude ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Immuno modulatory; n 3 fatty acids; Nutrition; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ENDOSTATIN; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERFERON; LEUKOTRIENE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; RAS PROTEIN; SAFFLOWER OIL; SOMATOMEDIN; THROMBOXANE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; CACHEXIA; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTESTINE CRYPT; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 1642486753     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2003.07.005     Document Type: Review

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