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Urinary total isothiocyanate (ITC) in a population-based sample of middle-aged and older Chinese in Singapore: relationship with dietary total ITC and glutathione S-transferase M1/T1/P1 genotypes.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Sept 1998
Seow A, Shi C Y, Chung F L, Jiao D, Hankin J H, Lee H P, Coetzee G A, Yu M C
Abstract excerpt
Isothiocyanates (ITCs), degradation products of glucosinolates (which occur naturally in a variety of cruciferous vegetables), have been shown to exhibit chemopreventive activity. These compounds are metabolized in vivo to form the corresponding dithiocarbamates, which are the major urinary metab...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Asian People
- Biomarkers
- China
- Cohort Studies
- Diet
- Female
- Genotype
- Glutathione S-Transferase pi
- Glutathione Transferase
- Humans
- Isoenzymes
- Isothiocyanates