Can phytochemical antioxidant rich foods act as anti-cancer agents?

Food Research International

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2545-2554

  Wang, Sunan ^a,b   Meckling, Kelly A ^b   Marcone, Massimo F ^b   Kakuda, Yukio ^b   Tsao, Rong ^a  

^a GUELPH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticancer agents; Antioxidants; Oxidative stress; ROS

Indexed keywords

ANTI-CANCER AGENTS; ANTICANCER ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY; ANTIOXIDANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; ROS;

AGENTS; RESEARCH;

DISEASES;

EID: 80054687430     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2011.05.021     Document Type: Review

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