Garlic-derived allyl sulfides in cancer therapy

Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 793-799

  Cao, Hai Xia ^a   Zhu, Ke Xiang ^b   Fan, Jian Gao ^a   Qiao, Liang ^c  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allyl sulfides; Apoptosis; Carcinogenesis; Cell cycle; Garlic; Organosulfur compounds

Indexed keywords

2 PROPENE 1 THIOL; AJOENE; ALLICIN; ALLYL SULFIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARCINOGEN; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; DIALLYL TRISULFIDE; DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; LY29004; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN KINASE B; S ALLYLCYSTEINE; S ALLYLMERCAPTOCYSTEINE; SODIUM 2 PROPENYL THIOSULFATE; TERTBUTYL HYDROQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; ALLYL COMPOUND; SULFIDE;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL GROWTH; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GARLIC; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METASTASIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GARLIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SULFIDES;

EID: 84904104415     PISSN: 18715206     EISSN: 18755992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871520614666140521120811     Document Type: Review

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