Qualitative and quantitative comparison of the cytotoxic and apoptotic potential of phytosterol oxidation products with their corresponding cholesterol oxidation products

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 443-451

  Ryan, Eileen ^a   Chopra, Jay ^a   McCarthy, Florence ^a   Maguire, Anita R ^a   O'Brien, Nora M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cholesterol oxides; Cytotoxicity; Phytosterol oxides

Indexed keywords

7 KETOSITOSTEROL; 7BETA HYDROXYSITOSTEROL; ALPHA EPOXYSITOSTEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; BETA EPOXYSITOSTEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; GLUTATHIONE; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; TRIOLSITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; LIVER CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; LIVER; MONOCYTES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SITOSTEROLS; U937 CELLS;

EID: 26044448563     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051500     Document Type: Article

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