Carotenoids as modulators of molecular pathways involved in cell proliferation and apoptosis

Carotenoids: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Functions and Properties

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 465-484

  Palozza, Paola ^a   Catalano, Assunta ^a   Simone, Rossella ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASES; FRUITS; SMOKE; TUMORS; VEGETABLES;

BREAST CANCER CELLS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; HUMAN INTERVENTION; HUMAN MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELLS; MOLECULAR PATHWAYS; MORPHOLOGIC CHANGES; PROLIFERATION AND APOPTOSIS;

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EID: 84858330346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420052312     Document Type: Chapter

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