Browsing by Subject "Reactive Oxygen Species"

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Evidence that a metabolilte of equine estrogens, 4-hydroxyequilenin, induces cellular transformation in vitro

Pisha, E.; Lui, X.; Constantinou, Andreas I.; Bolton, J. L. (2001)

Estrogen replacement therapy has been correlated with an increased risk of developing hormone-dependent cancers. 4-Hydroxyequilenin (4-OHEN) is a catechol metabolite of equilenin and equilin which are components of the ...
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Identification of the factors responsible for the in vitro pro-oxidant and cytotoxic activities of the olive polyphenols oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol

Odiatou, Elena M.; Skaltsounis, Alexios Leandros; Constantinou, Andreas I. (2013)

The olive polyphenols oleuropein and hydroxytyrosol were reported recently to produce extracellular hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) under standard culture conditions. The precise factors responsible for this production and the ...