Cancer and the search for selective biochemical inhibitors / E.J. Hoffman.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Hoffman, E. J. (Edward Jack), 1925-2012.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Carcinogenesis.
• Enzyme inhibitors--Therapeutic use.
• Antineoplastic agents.
• Materia medica, Vegetable.
• Neoplasms--drug therapy.
• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic--therapeutic use.
• Enzyme Inhibitors--therapeutic use.
• Enzyme inhibitors.

Medical Subjects:

• Neoplasms--drug therapy.
• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic--therapeutic use.
• Enzyme Inhibitors--therapeutic use.

Physical Description:

560 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1999.

Summary:

Cancer and the Search for Selective Biochemical Inhibitors examines the nonorthodox methods -- particularly plant and herbal possibilities -- for treating cancer. This book explores the theory of why and how alternative treatments of cancer should work, with an emphasis on the role of enzyme inhibitors, the basis for most modern drug therapy and selective for cancer cell metabolism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0849391180

OCLC:

40249793