Sulfur is required for growth of all organisms and is present in a wide variety of metabolites
having distinctive biological functions. Sulfur is cycled in ecosystems in nature where …

Since their discovery 50 years ago, the aflatoxins have become recognized as ubiquitous
contaminants of the human food supply throughout the economically developing world. The …

A common feature of diverse chemopreventive agents is the ability to activate expression of
a genetic program that protects cells from reactive chemical species that, if left unchecked …

The bZIP transcription factor Nrf2 controls a genetic program that protects cells from
oxidative damage and maintains cellular redox homeostasis. Keap1, a BTB-Kelch protein, is …

Covering: 2000 to 2013 Oxidative stress is the central component of chronic diseases. The
nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2/antioxidant response element (Nrf2/ARE) pathway …

Since eukaryotic cells constantly encounter various environmental insults, they have
evolved defense mechanisms to cope with toxicant-and carcinogen-induced oxidative stress …

Plant secondary metabolites are vital for human health leading to the gain the access to
natural products. The quality of crops is the result of the interaction of different biotic and …

The transcription factor Nrf2, which normally exists in an inactive state as a consequence of
binding to a cytoskeleton-associated protein Keap1, can be activated by redox-dependent …

Fig fruit has been a typical component in the health-promoting Mediterranean diet for
millennia. To study the potential health-promoting constituents of fig fruits, six commercial fig …

Gastric infection with Helicobacter pylori is a cosmopolitan problem, and is especially
common in developing regions where there is also a high prevalence of gastric cancer …