Potential role of organic sulfur compounds from Allium species in cancer prevention and therapy

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 349-368

  Scherer, C ^a,b   Jacob, C ^b   Dicato, M ^a   Diederich, M ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE DU CANCER   (Luxembourg)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Chemotherapy; Modes and mechanisms of action; Organic sulfur compounds from Allium species

Indexed keywords

AJOENE; ALLICIN; ALLYL SULFIDE; ALLYLMETHYL SULFIDE; ALLYLMETHYL TRISULFIDE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 2B1; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; CYTOCHROME P450 3A1; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; DIALLYL TETRASULFIDE; DIALLYL TRISULFIDE; DIMETHYL TRISULFIDE; DIPROPYL DISULFIDE; DIPROPYL SULFIDE; DIPROPYL TETRASULFIDE; DIPROPYL TRISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCOPROTEIN P; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PROPYLMETHYL SULFIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); S ALLYLCYSTEINE; S ALLYLMERCAPTOCYSTEINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GARLIC; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHARMACOPHORE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH CANCER;

ALLIUM;

EID: 67651172829     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-009-9122-z     Document Type: Article

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