The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 18, Issue 9 , Pages 615-622 , September 2007

Piperine protects cisplatin-induced apoptosis via heme oxygenase-1 induction in auditory cells

  • Byung-Min Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Sung-Min Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Tae-Kwang Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Guang Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Sung-Jae Hong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Raekil Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang, University, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-749, Republic of Korea
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  • Hun-Taeg Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Wonkwang, University, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-749, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Bok-Ryang Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Chonbuk 570-749, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 63 850 6754; fax: +82 63 841 1616.

Received 31 July 2006 ,Revised 11 October 2006 ,Accepted 1 November 2006.

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☆ This work was supported by research grants from the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) for Biofoods Research Program, Ministry of Science and Technology.

PII: S0955-2863(07)00005-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2006.11.012

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 18, Issue 9 , Pages 615-622 , September 2007

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