Walter Troll, Ann R Kennedy

Protease Inhibitors as Cancer Chemopreventive Agents

Herausgegeben:Kennedy, A. R.; Troll, W.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the only work to comprehensively review the use of proteases as inhibitors in carcinogenesis. Their mechanisms of inhibition, potential adverse side effects, and distribution in plants and animals are all discussed in detail to provide researchers and clinicians with a thorough understanding of this increasingly important field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• 1993.
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 613g
• ISBN-13: 9780306443909
• ISBN-10: 0306443902
• Artikelnr.: 27656874

Inhaltsangabe

The Epidemiological Approach to the Study of Protease Inhibitors (Fontham, Correa). In vitro Studies of Anticarcinogenic Protease Inhibitors (Kennedy). Discovery and Background of the BowmanBirk Protease Inhibitors (Bowman). Antigenicity of Soybean Protease Inhibitors (Bandon et al.). Low Molecular Weight Protease Inhibitors of Microbial Origin (Umezawa et al.). Protease Inhibitor Synthesis by MCF7 Breast Cancer Cells (Finlay et al.). Analysis of StructurActivity Relationships of the BowmanBirk Inhibitor of Serine Proteases (Flecker). Prevention of Cancer by Vitamin B 3 (Troll). Approaches to Studying the Target Enzymes of Anticarcinogenic Protease Inhibitors (Billings). Anticarcinogenic Activities of Naturally Occuring Cysteine Protease Inhibitors (Colella et al.). Cell Membrane Enzymes Containing ChymotrypsinLike Activity (Yavelow et al.). The Role of Active Oxygen Species in Biological Damage and the Effect of Some Chemopreventative Agents (Frenkel). 6 additional articles. Index.