Vitamins B6 and cancer

Subcellular Biochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 247-264

  Choi, Sang Woon ^a,b,c   Friso, Simonetta ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chemoprevention; One carbon metabolism; PLP; Supplementation; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84930203941     PISSN: 03060225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2199-9_13     Document Type: Article

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