"Proceedings of the American Institute for Cancer Research's sixth annual research Conference on Dietary Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment, held August 31-September 1, 1995, in Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Chemoprevention of lung cancer by isothiocyanates -- Isothiocyanates as inhibitors of esophageal cancer -- Plant phenolics as potential cancer prevention agents -- Cancer chemoprevention by polyphenols in green tea and artichoke -- Effects of tea on carcinogenesis in animal modes and humans -- Estrogens, phytoestrogens, and breast cancer -- Soy isoflavonoids and cancer prevention: underlying biochemical and pharmacological issues -- Quercetin as a modulator of the cellular neoplastic phenotype: effects on the expression of mutated H-ras and p53 in rodent and human cells -- Effects of monoterpenes and mevinolin on murine colon tumor CT-26 in vitro and its hepatic "metastases" in vivo -- Antitumorigenic effects of limonene and perillyl alcohol against pancreatic and breast cancer -- Monoterpenes as regulators of malignant cell proliferation -- Organosulfur compounds and cancer -- Recent results in the organosulfur and organoselenium chemistry of genus Allium and Brassica plants: relevance for cancer prevention -- Allium vegetables and the potential for chemoprevention of cancer -- The attibutes of selenium-enriched garlic in cancer prevention -- Is there a need to change the American diet? -- The national 5 a day for better health program -- Nutritional implications of dietary phytochemicals -- Designer foods: is there a role for supplementation/fortificatin? -- Wheat bran, colon cancer, and breast cancer: what do we have? what do we need? -- Diet, nutrition, and cancer prevention: research opportunities, approaches, and pitfalls -- Abstracts -- Index.
Series:
Advances in experimental medicine and biology. v. 401
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