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Antimutagenesis and Anticarcinogenesis Mechanisms II

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Yukiaki Kuroda

    1. National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan

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  2. Delbert M. Shankel

    1. University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

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  3. Michael D. Waters

    1. United States Environmental Protection Agency, USA

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  4. Claire Wilson & Associates

    1. USA

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Part of the book series: Basic Life Sciences (BLSC, volume 52)

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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Antimutagenesis Studies in Japan

    1. Antimutagenesis Studies in Japan

      • Yukiaki Kuroda
      Pages 1-22

  3. Cancer Prevention: Underlying Principles and Practical Proposals

    1. Cancer Prevention: Underlying Principles and Practical Proposals

      • Takashi Sugimura
      Pages 23-34

  4. Antimutagens in Food

    1. Anticlastogenic Dietary Factors Assessed in Mammalian Assays

      • Heinz W. Renner
      Pages 35-43

    2. Antigenotoxic Activity of Carotenoids in Carcinogen-Exposed Populations

      • Miriam P. Rosin
      Pages 45-59

    3. Plant Antimutagens

      • Monroe E. Wall, Mansukh C. Wani, Thomas J. Hughes, Harold Taylor
      Pages 61-78

  5. Antimutagens and Anticarcinogens in Environmental Toxicology

    1. Human Biomonitoring in Exposure to Environmental Genotoxicants

      • M. Sorsa, M. Hayashi, H. Norppa, H. Vainio
      Pages 79-86

    2. The Concept of Activity Profiles of Antimutagens

      • Michael D. Waters, Ann L. Brady, H. Frank Stack, Herman E. Brockman
      Pages 87-104

    3. Prevention of Formation of Important Mutagens/Carcinogens in the Human Food Chain

      • J. H. Weisburger, R. C. Jones
      Pages 105-118

  6. Free Radicals

    1. Free Radical Reactions with DNA and Its Nucleotides

      • Ronald P. Mason, Klaus Stolze, W. D. Flitter
      Pages 119-125

    2. Mechanisms of Inactivation of Oxygen Radicals by Dietary Antioxidants and Their Models

      • Michael G. Simic, Slobodan V. Jovanovic
      Pages 127-137

    3. Role of Dietary Antioxidants in Protection against Oxidative Damage

      • Toshihiko Osawa, Mitsuo Namiki, Shunro Kawakishi
      Pages 139-153

  7. Antitumor Initiators and Carcinogenesis

    1. Inhibition of Carcinogenesis by Naturally-Occurring and Synthetic Compounds

      • Lee W. Wattenberg
      Pages 155-166

    2. Newly Recognized Anticarcinogenic Fatty Acids

      • Michael W. Pariza, Yeong L. Ha
      Pages 167-170

    3. Caloric Restriction in Experimental Carcinogenesis

      • David Kritchevsky
      Pages 171-182

    4. Carcinogenicity and Modification of Carcinogenic Response by Antioxidants

      • Nobuyuki Ito, Masao Hirose, Akihiro Hagiwara, Satoru Takahashi
      Pages 183-194

  8. Antitumor Promoters and Carcinogenesis

    1. Inhibition of Tumor Promotion by DL-α-Difluoromethylornithine, A Specific Irreversible Inhibitor of Ornithine Decarboxylase

      • Ajit K. Verma
      Pages 195-204

    2. New Antitumor Promoters: (-)-Epigallocatechin Gallate and Sarcophytols A and B

      • H. Fujiki, M. Suganuma, H. Suguri, K. Takagi, S. Yoshizawa, A. Ootsuyama et al.
      Pages 205-212

    3. Chemoprevention of Mammary Cancer by Retinoids

      • Richard C. Moon, Rajendra G. Mehta
      Pages 213-224

  9. Aspects of Mammalian and Human Genetics

    1. Suppression of Tumor Promotion by Inhibitors of Poly(ADP)Ribose Formation

      • Walter Troll, Seymour Garte, Krystyna Frenkel
      Pages 225-232
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The papers are arranged in eight sections, addressing: antimutagens in food; antimutagens and anticarcinogens in environmental toxicology; free radicals; antitumor initiators; antitumor promoters; aspects of mammalian and human genetics; molecular aspects of mutagenesis and antimutageneis; and oncogenes and antioncogenes.
Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan

    Yukiaki Kuroda

  • University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

    Delbert M. Shankel

  • United States Environmental Protection Agency, USA

    Michael D. Waters

  • USA

    Claire Wilson & Associates

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Antimutagenesis and Anticarcinogenesis Mechanisms II

  • Editors: Yukiaki Kuroda, Delbert M. Shankel, Michael D. Waters, Claire Wilson & Associates

  • Series Title: Basic Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9561-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-9563-2Published: 08 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-9561-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 493

  • Topics: Cancer Research, Ecotoxicology

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