Co-carcinogenic effect of beta-carotene

Nature. 1999 Apr 29;398(6730):760-1. doi: 10.1038/19655.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • 3T3 Cells
  • Animals
  • Carcinogens / toxicity*
  • Cocarcinogenesis*
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / biosynthesis
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / metabolism
  • Enzyme Induction
  • Humans
  • Lung / drug effects
  • Lung / enzymology
  • Lung Neoplasms / chemically induced*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Smoking
  • Superoxides / metabolism
  • beta Carotene / toxicity*

Substances

  • Carcinogens
  • beta Carotene
  • Superoxides
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System