Cytotoxicity of docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid in tumor cells and the dependence on binding to serum proteins and incorporation into intracellular lipids

Oncology Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-83

  Kageyama, Katsuhiro ^a   Yamada, Ryusaku ^a   Otani, Shuzo ^a   Onoyama, Yasuto ^b   Yano, Ikuya ^c   Yamaguchi, Wakiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Yoshiko ^a   Kogawa, Hiroshi ^d   Nagao, Norio ^e   Miwa, Nobuhiko ^e  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Kiyose   (Japan)

^d OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; DNA synthesis; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Lipid synthesis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DNA; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; FEMALE; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; DNA; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR;

EID: 18544398299     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.7.1.79     Document Type: Article

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