Carotenoids in Medicine

β-Carotene: an Unusual Type of Lipid Antioxidant

1984 • 2,147 citations

Can dietary beta-carotene materially reduce human cancer rates?

1981 • 1,575 citations

Chemistry of singlet oxygen. VII. Quenching by .beta.-carotene

1968 • 636 citations

Serum Beta-Carotene, Vitamins a and E, Selenium, and the Risk of Lung Cancer

1986 • 542 citations

Plasma levels of antioxidant vitamins in relation to ischemic heart disease and cancer

1987 • 436 citations

Carotenoid protection against oxidation

1979 • 419 citations

Provitamin A Function of Carotenoids: The Conversion of β-Carotene into Vitamin A

1989 • 355 citations

The Science of Photomedicine

1982 • 306 citations

QUENCHING OF SINGLET OXYGEN*

1970 • 303 citations

Interaction of Oxygen and Oxy-radicals With Carotenoids<xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN1">1</xref>

1982 • 300 citations

Chemistry of singlet oxygen.

1968 • 281 citations

Remission of oral leukoplakias and micronuclei in tobacco/betel quid chewers treated with beta‐carotene and with beta‐carotene plus vitamin A

1988 • 273 citations

Effect of β-Carotene and Canthaxanthin on the Immune Responses of the Rat

1986 • 272 citations

Free radicals in molecular biology, aging, and disease

1985 • 271 citations

Singlet oxygen reactions with organic compounds and polymers

1978 • 232 citations

Anticarcinogenesis and Radiation Protection

1987 • 210 citations

Beta Carotene Therapy for Erythropoietic Protoporphyria and Other Photosensitivity Diseases

1977 • 203 citations

Free Radicals in Molecular Biology, Aging, and Disease

1985 • 203 citations

Inhibition of experimental oral carcinogenesis by topical beta carotene

1986 • 185 citations

Free radicals and singlet oxygen scavengers: Reaction of a peroxy-radical with β-carotene, diphenyl furan and 1,4-diazobicyclo(2,2,2)-octane

1981 • 175 citations

Carotenoid triplet states in reaction centers from Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides and Rhodospirillum rubrum

1975 • 171 citations

Serum beta-carotene and subsequent risk of cancer: results from the BUPA Study

1988 • 161 citations

Effects of antioxidants on oxidant-induced sister chromatid exchange formation.

1985 • 146 citations

β-Carotene and canthaxanthin inhibit chemically- and physically- induced neoplastic transformation in 10T1/2 cells

1988 • 146 citations

β-Carotene reduces sister chromatid exchanges induced by chemical carcinogens in mouse mammary cells in organ culture

1985 • 146 citations

Use of the micronucleus test to monitor the effect of vitamin A, beta‐carotene and canthaxanthin on the buccal mucosa of betel nut/tobacco chewers

1984 • 142 citations

EFFECTS OF β‐CAROTENE ON ULTRAVIOLET INDUCED CANCER FORMATION IN THE HAIRLESS MOUSE SKIN

1977 • 131 citations

The safety of β‐carotene

1988 • 116 citations

CAROTENOID DOSE LEVEL and PROTECTION AGAINST UV‐B INDUCED SKIN TUMORS

1985 • 113 citations

Regression of experimental hamster cancer by beta carotene and algae extracts

1987 • 107 citations

Beta-carotene therapy for erythropoietic protoporphyria and other photosensitivity diseases

1986 • 100 citations

Protective Effect of β-Carotene Against Colon Tumors in Mice<xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN2">2</xref>

1987 • 79 citations

Carotenoids and cancer prevention - experimental and epidemiological studies

1985 • 79 citations

The Quality of Foods and Beverages

1982 • 78 citations

Studies on the metabolism of β-carotene and apo-β-carotenoids in rats and chickens

1977 • 70 citations

Dietary carotenoids block photocarcinogenic enhancement by benzo (a)pyrene and inhibit its carcinogenesis in the dark

1983 • 69 citations

Relationship between cellular levels of beta‐carotene and sensitivity to genotoxic agents

1986 • 66 citations

β-Carotene inhibition of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced transformation of murine mammary cells in vitro

1984 • 64 citations

The effect of different levels of dietary ß‐carotene on DMBA‐induced salivary gland tumors

1987 • 58 citations

Augmentation of Tumor Immunity Against Syngeneic Tumors in Mice by β-Carotene<xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN2">2</xref>

1987 • 57 citations

Moloney Murine Sarcoma Virus Tumors in CBA/J Mice: Chemopreventive and Chemotherapeutic Actions of Supplemental β-Carotene&lt;xref ref-type="fn" rid="fn2"&gt;2&lt;/xref&gt;,&lt;xref ref-type="fn" rid="fn3"&gt;3&lt;/xref&gt;,&lt;xref ref-type="fn" rid="fn4"&gt;4&lt;/xref&gt;

1982 • 56 citations

CAROTENOID PIGMENT ADMINISTRATION and DELAY IN DEVELOPMENT OF UV‐B‐INDUCED TUMORS

1983 • 52 citations

Prophylactic and therapeutic actions of supplemental beta-carotene in mice inoculated with C3HBA adenocarcinoma cells: lack of therapeutic action of supplemental ascorbic acid.

1982 • 49 citations

Chemopreventive effects ofβ‐carotene and 13‐cis‐retinoic acid on salivary gland tumors

1985 • 47 citations

Nutrition, growth, and cancer

1989 • 47 citations

Effects of Retinoids on Human Lymphocyte Functions in vitro

1985 • 43 citations

β-carotene as an inhibitor of benzo(a)pyrene and mitomycin C induced chromosomal breaks in the bone marrow of mice

1985 • 42 citations

Regression of C3HBA Mouse Tumor Due to X-ray Therapy Combined With Supplemental β-Carotene or Vitamin A&lt;xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN2"&gt;2&lt;/xref&gt;&lt;xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN3"&gt;3&lt;/xref&gt;&lt;xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN4"&gt;4&lt;/xref&gt;

1983 • 41 citations

CAROTENOIDS AND CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSES

1981 • 38 citations

GGT reduction in beta carotene-inhibition of hamster buccal pouch carcinogenesis

1987 • 35 citations

Inhibition of cyclophosphamide mutagenicity by beta-carotene.

1985 • 28 citations

Low incidence of peripheral blood haematopoietic stem cells in patients with anorexia nervosa

1988 • 26 citations

Beta-carotene levels in exfoliated human mucosa cells following its oral administration

1986 • 24 citations

The effect of β‐carotene on BP‐induced respiratory tract tumors in hamsters

1987 • 22 citations

Effects of excess vitamin A and canthaxanthin on salivary gland tumors

1988 • 21 citations

Vitamin A, beta-carotene and cancer.

1988 • 18 citations

Beta-Carotene Therapy for Erythropoietic Protoporphyria and Other Photosensitivity Diseases

1982 • 15 citations

Prevention of gastric cancer induced by n methyl n' nitro n nitrosoguanidine in rats fed supplemental carotenoids

1987 • 14 citations

Mechanisms of Inactivation of Oxygen Species by Carotenoids

1987 • 9 citations

Beta-Carotene and Chemoprevention of Cancer

1987 • 7 citations