Carotenoids and Vitamin A

Chemoprevention of Cancer and DNA Damage by Dietary Factors

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 369-383

  Cristina Polidori, M ^a   Stahl, Wilhelm ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

carotene; Carcinogenesis; Gap junctional communication; Lycopene; Reactive oxygen species; Retinoic acid receptor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889295459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527626588.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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