Analysis of the isothiocyanates present in three Chinese Brassica vegetable seeds and their potential anticancer bioactivities

European Food Research and Technology

Volumn 231, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 951-958

  Wang, Nan ^a   Shen, Lianqing ^a   Qiu, Shengxiang ^b   Wang, Xiangyang ^a   Wang, Kuiwu ^a   Hao, Jing ^b   Xu, Mingfeng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Chinese Brassica vegetable seeds; Human carcinoma cell; Isothiocyanates

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ANTICANCER; ANTICANCER ACTIVITIES; APOPTOSIS; BRASSICA; CANCER CELLS; DIETARY INTAKES; DRY WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; ETHYL ACETATES; GC-MS ANALYSIS; GLUCOSINOLATES; HIGH-CONTENT; HUMAN CARCINOMA CELLS; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MYROSINASE; SULFORAPHANE;

CELL DEATH; ESTERS; SEED;

VEGETABLES;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ALBOGLABRA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA;

EID: 77956874066     PISSN: 14382377     EISSN: 14382385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00217-010-1348-x     Document Type: Article

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