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Possible Interaction: Beta Carotene and Docetaxel

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Beta Carotene

Research Papers that Mention the Interaction

Retinol (… beta-carotene 20 muM 4.7%+/-2.9, 50 muM 2.2%+/-0.9; lycopene 10 muM 7.6%+/-0.8, ….5, 50 muM 2.9%+/-1.2), and 13-cis retinoic acid (19.7%+/-2.2) combined with docetaxel (100 muM) significantly decreased … cells (p<0.0001).
Folia histochemica et cytobiologica  •  2009  |  View Paper
Although, beta-carotene and lycopene belong to the different chemical groups, they surprisingly had a similar inhibitory influence on both growth and proliferation of MCF-7 breast cancer cells when combined with docetaxel.
Among the examined vitamin A family compounds, the simultaneous application of beta-carotene (0.1 microM) and docetaxel (0.2 microM) resulted in a statistically significant reduction in the percentage of proliferating cells (40.25 +/- 14.62%, p<0.01).
The application of docetaxel either with beta-carotene or lycopene had comparable inhibitory effect on breast cells growth and proliferation as tamoxifen.
Folia histochemica et cytobiologica  •  2007  |  View Paper