Carnosine and cancer: a perspective
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- Design
- Review
- What was measured
- Perspective on the possible use of carnosine as an anti-neoplastic agent, especially for malignant brain tumours such as glioblastoma, including proposed mechanisms, expected bioavailability and side effects.
What the authors reported
The authors state that many claimed therapeutic effects of carnosine have not been substantiated by rigorous experiment. They outline possible anti-tumour mechanisms, consider bioavailability and possible negative and positive side effects, and examine alternatives such as other dipeptides or beta-alanine.
Limits of this study
Perspective article; no new data. Abstract only.
Source
PubMed 22454085 · doi:10.1007/s00726-012-1271-5
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