Carnosine and cancer: A perspective

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-142

  Gaunitz, Frank ^a   Hipkiss, Alan R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYLHISTIDINE DIPEPTIDASE; BETA ALANINE; CARNOSINE; CARNOSINE AMIDE DERIVATIVE; DIPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BETA-ALANINE; CARNOSINE; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862773371     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1271-5     Document Type: Review

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