Arginine enzymatic deprivation and diet restriction for cancer treatment

ABSTRACT Recent findings in amino acid metabolism and the differences between normal, healthy cells and neoplastic cells have revealed that targeting single amino acid metabolic enzymes in cancer therapy is a promising strategy for the development of novel therapeutic agents. Arginine is derived fro...

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Main Author: Wissam Zam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2017-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502017000300402&lng=en&tlng=en