Selective effects of diallyl disulfide, a sulfane sulfur precursor, in the liver and Ehrlich ascites tumor cells

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 569, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Iciek, Małgorzata ^a   Marcinek, Joanna ^a   Mleczko, Urszula ^a   Włodek, Lidia ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diallyl disulfide; Ehrlich tumor; Glutathione; Sulfane sulfur; Sulfotransferases

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPYRUVATE SULFOTRANSFERASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GARLIC; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER TUMOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, EHRLICH TUMOR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYANIDES; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; DISULFIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GARLIC; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER; MICE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFURTRANSFERASES; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE;

EID: 34547443532     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.04.055     Document Type: Article

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