Alpha-Tocopheryl succinate: Toxicity and lack of anti-tumour activity in immuno-competent mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 508-512

  Ireland, Demelza J ^a   Kissick, Haydn T ^a   Beilharz, Manfred W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anti cancer therapy; Mesothelioma; Toxicity; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL SUCCINATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MODEL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MESOTHELIOMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VITAMIN E; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

EID: 37349029680     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.08.030     Document Type: Article

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