Benzyl isothiocyanate: Double trouble for breast cancer cells

Cancer Prevention Research

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 760-763

  Rao, Chinthalapally V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; PROTEIN RON; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER MODEL; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STEM CELL; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG MECHANISM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84883827019     PISSN: 19406207     EISSN: 19406215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-13-0242     Document Type: Review

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