Inhibition of tumor growth by replacing glutathione with N-acetyl-L-cysteine

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-82

  Yildiz, Deniz ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; METHYLGLYOXAL;

CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DETOXIFICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; MITOSIS RATE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 3042726523     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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