Dietary lignans: potential role in cancer prevention.

Recent in vitro, animal, and epidemiological studies suggest that dietary lignans may be chemopreventive, potentially through anti-estrogenic, anti-angiogenic, pro- apoptotic, and anti-oxidant mechanisms. In this article, we review lignan food sources and metabolism, proposed anti-carcinogenic mecha...

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Publicado en:Nutrition & Cancer Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 117 - 132
Autores principales: Webb AL, McCullough ML
Formato: pictorial review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2005
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