Browsing by Subject "carotenoid"
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Dietary retinoids and carotenoids in rodent models of mammary tumorigenesis
(1997)In this review of the scientific literature the relationship between retinoids, carotenoids, and mammary carcinogenesis is examined. Several retinoids have shown promise as chemopreventive agents against chemically induced ...
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Induction of caspase-independent programmed cell death by vitamin E natural homologs and synthetic derivatives.
(2009)Current observations in the literature suggest that vitamin E may be a suitable candidate for cancer chemotherapy. To investigate this further, we examined the ability of the vitamin E natural homologs [alpha-, beta-, ...
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Solubilization and stabilization of carotenoids using micelles: Delivery of lycopene to cells in culture
(1999)The use of the organic cosolvents tetrahydrofuran and dimethylsulfoxide was found to be unsuitable for prostate tumor cell cultures because of solvent cytotoxicity and the poor solubility and instability of lycopene. For ...