Cytotoxic activities of fermented wheat germ extract on human gastric carcinoma cells by induction of apoptosis

Background: The fermented wheat germ extract (code name:MSC, trade name: Avemar), is a complex mixture of biologically active molecules with potent anti-metastatic activities in various human malignancies. The objective of…

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Glutathione in the Prevention of Cisplatin Induced Toxicities: A Prospectively Randomized Pilot Trial in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer and Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Purpose: Glutathione has been shown to be an effective chemoprotector against cisplatin-induced side effects in patients with ovarian cancer. In view of this fact, we performed a randomized clinical pilot-trial…

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Distinctive Heavy Metal Composition of Pancreatic Juice in Patients with Pancreatic Carcinoma

Epidemiologic studies have shown the health risks of exposure to cigarette smoke and air pollution, with heavy metal composition implicated as contributing to both. Environmental exposure to cigarette smoke has…

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Human Risk Assessment for Heavy Metals and as Contamination in the Abandoned Metal Mine Areas, Korea

Abstract  Cleanup goals for the contaminated sites are established on the basis of risk assessments and rely on the estimated toxicity of the chemicals of concern (COC). Toxicity estimates are…

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