Dietary polyphenols as antioxidants and anticancer agents: More questions than answers

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 449-460

  Hu, Miao Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antioxidant; Dietary polyphenol; Pro oxidant; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; COPPER ION; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GENISTEIN; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; I KAPPA B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; KELCH LIKE ECH ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; LUTEOLIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; POLYPHENOL; QUERCETIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); RESVERATROL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL MOTILITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STABILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; DIET; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; NF-KAPPA B; POLYPHENOLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 80055064858     PISSN: 20720939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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