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George Notas, Artemissia-Phoebe Nifli, George Blekas, Elias Castanas, Achille Gravanis, Elena Kouimtzoglou, Vassilia-Ismini Alexaki, Dimitrios Boskou, Anastassia Nistikaki, Efstathia Bakogeorgou, Marilena Kampa, and Anastassia Hatzoglou
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Cancer Research ,Antioxidant ,biology ,Cell growth ,Chemistry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,food and beverages ,Aryl hydrocarbon receptor ,Oncology ,Biochemistry ,Polyphenol ,Apoptosis ,Cancer cell ,biology.protein ,medicine ,Human breast - Abstract
Introduction The oncoprotective role of food-derived polyphenol antioxidants has been described but the implicated mechanisms are not yet clear. In addition to polyphenols, phenolic acids, found at high concentrations in a number of plants, possess antioxidant action. The main phenolic acids found in foods are derivatives of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid and 4-hydroxycinnamic acid.
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- 2004
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