Metabolism of tocotrienols in animals and synergistic inhibitory actions of tocotrienols with atorvastatin in cancer cells

Genes and Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-18

  Yang, Zhihong ^a   Lee, Mao Jung ^a   Zhao, Yang ^a   Yang, Chung S ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; HPLC; Metabolites; Synergy; Tocotrienol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; ATORVASTATIN; BETA TOCOTRIENOL; CELECOXIB; DELTA TOCOTRIENOL; DRUG METABOLITE; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; COLON CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG FECES LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84860745704     PISSN: 15558932     EISSN: 18653499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12263-011-0233-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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