The 4-hydroxyestrone: Electron emission, formation of secondary metabolites and mechanisms of carcinogenesis

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-24

  Getoff, Nikola ^a   Gerschpacher, Marion ^b   Hartmann, Johannes ^b   Huber, Johannes C ^b   Schittl, Heike ^a   Quint, Ruth Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

4 Hydroxyestrone (4 OHE1); Electron emission from 4 OHE1; Reaction mechanisms of carcinogenity; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYESTRONE; ESTRADIOL;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARCINOGENS; ELECTRONS; ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYESTRONES; QUANTUM THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 73249114201     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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