Anticancer mechanism of equol in 7,12-dimethylbenz(a) anthracene-treated animals

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 747-754

  Choi, Eun Jeong ^a   Kim, Gun Hee ^a  

^a Duksung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

7,12 Dimethylbenz(a) anthracene; Antioxidant; Apoptosis; Equol; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; 8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; CASPASE 3; CATALASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1; EQUOL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; EQUOL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 79959969805     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2011.1067     Document Type: Article

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