Effects of Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia L.) or Ginger Rhizome (Zingiber offifinale Rosc) on spontaneous mammary tumorigenesis in SHN mice

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 195-205

  Nagasawa, Hiroshi ^a,b   Watanabe, Katsuto ^a   Inatomi, Hideo ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bitter Melon; Ginger; Mammary Tumor; Mouse

Indexed keywords

GINGER EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADENOMYOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INHIBITION; DRUG EFFECT; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; GINGER; JAPAN; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RHIZOME; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BREAST; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FRUIT; MOUSE STRAIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOT; PRECANCER; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BREAST; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FRUIT; GINGER; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 0013149054     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X02000302     Document Type: Article

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