Phenethyl isothiocyanate, a naturally occurring phytochemical, is an antagonist of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-434

  Abdull Razis, Ahmad F ^a   Konsue, Nattaya ^a   Dervetzoglou, Myrto ^a   Plant, Kathryn E ^a   Plant, Nick ^a   Ioannides, Costas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ah receptor; Chemoprevention; Cruciferous vegetables; Glucosinolates; Phenethyl isothiocyanate

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARCINOGEN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; ETHOXYRESORUFIN; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHENETHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RAT; VEGETABLE; WISTAR RAT;

AGED; ANIMALS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CARCINOGENS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTHIOCYANATES; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RNA, MESSENGER; VEGETABLES;

RATTUS;

EID: 84859192650     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201100548     Document Type: Article

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