Vitamin E: A dark horse at the crossroad of cancer management

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 845-852

  Cardenas, Eduardo ^a   Ghosh, Rita ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cancer prevention; Cancer therapy; Tocopherol; Tocotrienol; Vitamin E transport proteins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL TRANSFER PROTEIN; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; BETA CAROTENE; BETA TOCOPHEROL; CISPLATIN; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; PROTEIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CHIRALITY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 84884704107     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.07.018     Document Type: Note

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