Chemoprevention of n-nitrosomethylbenzylamine-induced esophageal cancer in rats by the naturally occurring thioether, diallyl sulfide

Cancer Research

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 1988, Pages 6872-6875

  Wargovich, Michael J ^a   Woods, Cynthia ^a   Eng, Vincent W ^a   Stephens, L Clifton ^a   Gray, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL SULFIDE; GARLIC; N BENZYL N METHYLNITROSAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CARCINOGENESIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HIGHER PLANT; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMAL; CARCINOGENS; CELL NUCLEUS; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DNA DAMAGE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSOMES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SULFIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024273970     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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