Article
Genistein induces maturation of cultured human breast cancer cells and prevents tumor growth in nude mice.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Dec 1998
Constantinou A I, Krygier A E, Mehta R R
Abstract excerpt
Results of recent studies in animal models of mammary carcinogenesis showed that the soybean isoflavone genistein is a chemopreventive agent. The objective of the present study was to determine whether soybean isoflavones can be used for the prevention of human breast carcinogenesis. Human adenoc...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Animals
- Anticarcinogenic Agents
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cell Division
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Genistein
- Humans
- Isoflavones
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Nude
- Phenotype
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
