Spinach and health: Anticancer effect

Bioactive Foods in Promoting Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 393-405

  Maeda, Naoki ^a   Yoshida, Hiromi ^a   Mizushina, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti cancer functional food.; Anti tumor activity; Cytotoxicity; Digalactosyl diacylglycerol (DGDG); DNA polymerase; Enzyme inhibitor; Glycoglycerolipid fraction; Monogalactosyl diacylglycerol (MGDG); Spinach; Sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol (SQDG)

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955173600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374628-3.00026-8     Document Type: Chapter

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