Fermented wheat germ extract - Nutritional supplement or anticancer drug?

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mueller, Thomas ^a   Voigt, Wieland ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

clinical activity; Fermented wheat germ extract; in vitro effects; in vivo effects

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKINE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; FERMENTED WHEAT GERM EXTRACT; FLUOROURACIL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NAVELBINE; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AVEMAR;

CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLON TUMOR; DIET THERAPY; FERMENTATION; LUNG TUMOR; WHEAT;

RATTUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRITICUM;

EID: 80052563054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-89     Document Type: Review

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