Overview
- Thoroughly reviews the preventive and therapeutic effects of capsaicin in melanoma, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, multiple myeloma and others
- Identifies molecular and cellular targets of capsaicin and describes the role of mitochondria in capsaicin-mediated therapeutic effects
- Benefits medical students, oncologists and cancer researchers
Part of the book series: Diet and Cancer (DICA, volume 3)
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Book Title: Role of Capsaicin in Oxidative Stress and Cancer
Editors: Sanjay K. Srivastava
Series Title: Diet and Cancer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6317-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-6316-6Published: 07 May 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8429-0Published: 19 May 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6317-3Published: 23 April 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 178
Topics: Cancer Research, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Apoptosis, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Gene Expression, Cell Biology