Nutrition Research
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 435-440 , June 2010

Sodium 2-propenyl thiosulfate derived from garlic induces phase II detoxification enzymes in rat hepatoma H4IIE cells

  • Hye-Sook Chang

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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  • Miyan Ko

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
    • ,
  • Mayumi Ishizuka

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
    • ,
  • Shoichi Fujita

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan
    • ,
  • Akira Yabuki

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
    • ,
  • Mohammad Alamgir Hossain

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
    • ,
  • Osamu Yamato

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 25 February 2010 ,Revised 11 June 2010 ,Accepted 11 June 2010.

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PII: S0271-5317(10)00112-0

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2010.06.007

Nutrition Research
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 435-440 , June 2010

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