Potent inhibitory effect of β-tocopherol on prostate cancer cells cultured in vitro and grown as xenograft tumors in vivo

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 10752-10758

  Huang, Huarong ^a   He, Yan ^a   Cui, Xiao Xing ^b   Goodin, Susan ^c   Wang, Hong ^b   Du, Zhi Yun ^a   Li, Dongli ^a   Zhang, Kun ^a   Tony Kong, Ah Ng ^b,c   Dipaola, Robert S ^c   Yang, Chung S ^b,c   Conney, Allan H ^b,c   Zheng, Xi ^a,b  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; AR signaling; prostate cancer; tocopherol; vitamin E; xenograft tumor

Indexed keywords

IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INHIBITORY EFFECT; PROSTATE CANCER CELLS; PROSTATE CANCERS; TOCOPHEROL; VITAMIN-E;

CELL DEATH;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DELTA-TOCOPHEROL; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SCID MOUSE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE, SCID; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TOCOPHEROLS; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84908577122     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf504058f     Document Type: Article

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