Cholesterol-5,6-epoxides: Chemistry, biochemistry, metabolic fate and cancer

Biochimie

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 622-631

  Poirot, Marc ^a   Silvente Poirot, Sandrine ^a  

^a INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

Author keywords

5,6 Epoxy cholesterol; Cancer; Cholesterol epoxide; Cholesterol oxide; Dendrogenin

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CHOLESTEROL 5,6 EPOXIDE DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL 5,6 EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; CHOLESTEROL 5,6 EPOXIDE HYDROLASE INHIBITOR; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; DENDROGENIN A; EPOXIDE; EPOXIDE HYDROLASE; HYDROLASE INHIBITOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; EPOXIDATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID OXIDATION; MUTAGENICITY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PRECANCER; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; TUMOR PROMOTION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84874107079     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2012.05.006     Document Type: Review

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