Dehydroascorbic acid as an anti-cancer agent

Cancer Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-169

  Toohey, John I ^a  

^a Cytoregulation Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Dehydroascorbic acid; Homocysteine thiolactone; Mercaptopropionaldehyde; Methionine auxotrophy

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPROPIONALDEHYDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE THIOLACTONE; PROPIONALDEHYDE; THIOLACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; LEUKEMIA L 1210; LEUKEMIA P 388; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 41649103853     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.02.002     Document Type: Review

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